Regret
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English
Verb
Regret (third-person singular simple present Regrets, present participle regretting, simple past and past participle regretted)
- To feel sorry about (a thing that has happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
Noun
Regret (plural Regrets)Adjectives for Regret
pious; undersigned; idle; unspeakable; fond; tender; contrite; indignant; mingled (plural); continued; passionate; bitter; serious; unmeaning; dead; keenest; constant; deep; hopeless; meek; vain; frantic; proud; repentant; immeasurable; formal; torturing; sweet; sensible; vague; wistful; inextinguishable; immense; sincere; unfeigned; momentary; endless; unhappy; fierce; subsequent; inexpressible; restless; fundamental; maudlin; unequivocal; unavailing.
Verbs for Regret
accept—s; betoken—; bewail in—; cherish—; convey—s; croak—s; express—; lament—s; offer—s; plague with—s; send—s; —s chafe; —s confuse; —s disappoint; —s dis¬concert; —s dishearten; —s humiliate; — oppresses; —saddens; —s vex.
Adverbs for Regret
audibly; pitifully; officially; deeply; bitterly; exceedingly; mournfully; piously; fondly; passionately; keenly; vainly; inexpressibly; vaguely; wistfully; unequivocally; unavailingly.
Thesaurus
abject apology, acknowledgment, affliction, anguish, apologies, apology, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, bitterness, breast-beating, care, compunction, confession, contriteness, contrition, demur, deplore, deprecate, disappointment, disapprove, dole, dolor, excuse, feel sorry for, grief, grieve, guilt, heartache, heartbreak, lament, mea culpa, mourn, mournfulness, pangs of conscience, penitence, qualm, refusal, regretfulness, regrets, regretting, remorse, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repent, repentance, repine, repining, rue, rue the day, ruefulness, sadness, scruple, second thoughts, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, shamefulness, sorriness, sorrow, weep over, wistfulness, woe
