Synonyms for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəlre·gret·ful

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1. regretfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   sorrowful, rueful, repining

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1. regretful, sorry, badadjective

   feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

   "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

   Synonyms:
   speculative, deplorable, big, no-account, dismal, dark, disconsolate, uncollectible, no-count, good-for-nothing, blue, tough, no-good, unfit, high-risk, grim, sad, risky, good-for-naught, lamentable, unsound, spoilt, distressing, bad, spoiled, forged, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, dingy, dreary, defective, drear, meritless

   Antonyms:
   unregretting, unregretful

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1. List of paraphrases for "regretful":

   regrettable, regret

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1. Powertech Chairman D.K. Tsai:

   I am regretful that this matter became emotional for society and a political factor.

2. Tom Saxlund:

   A lot of people are regretful they weren't fitter... but busy lives take over.

3. Joe Rogan:

   I'm making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I've ever had to talk about publicly. There's a video that's out that's a compilation of me saying the N-word. It's a video that's made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it's all smushed together. And it looks f --- ing horrible, even to me.

4. Flavio Caetano:

   It is regretful and weird that, on the eve of an impeachment vote, another blatant lie regarding Dilma's reelection campaign is highlighted by media.

5. Rodolfo Gonzalez:

   Let's not try to politicize this regretful incident.