Usually means: Expressing regret or asking forgiveness.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. apologetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. apologetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apologetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apologetic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. apologetic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apologetic, apologetic: Wordnik
  7. apologetic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. apologetic: Wiktionary
  9. apologetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apologetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apologetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apologetic, apologetic: Dictionary.com
  13. apologetic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Apologetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Apologetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. apologetic: Rhymezone
  17. Apologetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. apologetic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. apologetic: FreeDictionary.org
  20. apologetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. apologetic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. apologetic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. apologetic: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apologetic: Legal dictionary

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  1. apologetic: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apologetic: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
▸ adjective:  (dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.

Similar:
contrite, excusatory, defensive, self-deprecating, justificative, justificatory, sorry, remorseful, afraid, regretful, more...

Opposite:
unapologetic, remorseless, ruthless, heartless, pitiless

Phrases:
apologetic apostrophe, opposite of apologetic, look apologetic, overly apologetic, apologetic look, more...

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new, christian, french, religious, early, older, modern, contemporary, political, true, traditional

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Similar:
contrite, excusatory, defensive, self-deprecating, justificative, justificatory, sorry, remorseful, afraid, regretful, more...

Opposite:
unapologetic, remorseless, ruthless, heartless, pitiless

Phrases:
apologetic apostrophe, opposite of apologetic, look apologetic, overly apologetic, apologetic look, falsely apologetic, apologetic smile, an apologetic look, apologetic regret, shifty apologetic, more...

Adjectives:
new, christian, french, religious, early, older, modern, contemporary, political, true, traditional

Colors:
    pale pink,     soft lavender,     light gray,     muted blue,     pastel yellow, more...



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