apologetic
21Apologetic proverb — Apologetic proverbs (also known as Wellerisms after Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers ), make fun of established proverbs by proving that they are wrong in certain situations often when taken literally. They often argue that it is pointless for… …
22Apologetic apostrophe — The apologetic or parochial apostrophe is a feature of Lowland Scots orthography, now widely proscribed as Anglocentric, whereby an apostrophe is inserted or appended to Scots words which critics claim creates the appearance of an English… …
23apologetic — Synonyms and related words: abject, apologia, ascetic, atoning, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, compunctious, conscience stricken, contrite, defense, excusatory, excusing, expiatory, extenuating, extenuative, humble, humbled,… …
24apologètic — a|po|lo|gè|tic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …
25apologétic — adj. m., pl. apologétici; f. sg. apologéticã, pl. apologétice …
26apologetic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contrite, remorseful, sorry, penitent, repentant, regretful, supplicating, retracting, self effacing, self reproachful, self condemnatory, self incriminating, explanatory, extenuating, atoning, expiatory, rueful,… …
27apologetic — a·pol·o·get·ic || ə‚pÉ’lÉ™ dÊ’etɪk adj. sorry, regretful, remorseful; justificatory, defensive …
28apologetic — adjective 1》 making or expressing an apology. 2》 constituting a formal justification of a theory or doctrine. Derivatives apologetically adverb …
29apologetic — a. 1. Excusatory, exculpatory. 2. Defensive, by way of defence, vindicative, repelling or refuting allegations …
30apologetic — adj 1. sorry, regretful, remorseful, contrite, in sackcloth and ashes; expiatory, penitential, penitent, repentant; conscience stricken, conscience smitten, rueful, compunctious; self reproachful, self condemnatory, self condemning, self… …
