contrite - Dictionary definition and meaning for word contrite
SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.
for being a conTRITE i.e lacking originality ,i REGRET
can't(CONT) I did it right(RITE)... so regretful
CON ( a convict or con artist ) TRITE ( hackneyed ) ... A con starts to regret things only if he is being caught again and again !
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I feel contrite because I didn't do it right...
CONT+RITE= Cant + right= I regret that I cant do anything rite.
count right otherwise contrite
one who counts right feels pain for wrong thing done by him
This is for Spanish speakers. CON is with, and TRITE sounds like the Spanish word triste, meaning sad. So "with sadness" is contrite.
Contrite = Coulnd't right or couldn't be righteous
if u do not regret ur mistake i will pull ur "kaan(con)" tight(trite)
he said i cant do it right..he is very remorseful,sad now
Contrite -- co + nitrite conversion of nitrite... He filled with a sense of guilt for not able to perform nitrite conversions
contrite sounds like CAN WRITE..I'm so Sorry(expressing pain for offenses)that i CAN even WRITE it down on a paper.