unrepentant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English repentant

English unrepentant

From un- + repentant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.ɹəˈpɛn.tənt/

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Adjective

unrepentant (not comparable)

1. Feeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing.

   Synonyms: impenitent; unbowed, unreformed; recidivistic

   Antonyms: penitent, repentant; see also Thesaurus:remorseful

   • 2022 February 23, “Network News: TfL sells car park for housing”, in RAIL, number 951, page 21:

     TfL is unrepentant about the loss of car parking around the Grade 2-listed station, which is reduced to just 47 places, including 12 for the disabled.

Derived terms

• unrepentantly
• unrepentantness

Translations

showing no regret

• Bulgarian: неразкаял се (nerazkajal se)
• Dutch: onberouwvol, onboetvaardig
• Finnish: katumaton (fi)
• French: impénitent (fr)
• German: reuelos, unverbesserlich (de), verstockt (de)
• Greek: αμετανόητος (el) (ametanóitos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀμετανόητος (ametanóētos)

• Hungarian: megrögzött (hu), megátalkodott (hu), megbánást nem tanúsító
• Japanese: 悔い改めない (くいあらためない, kui-aratamenai), 心が頑固な (こころががんこな, kokoro ga ganko na)
• Polish: nieskruszony
• Thai: ไม่สำนึกผิด, ไม่สำนึกบาป, ไม่รู้สึกผิด