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Synonyms for regret
rɪˈgrɛtre·gret

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. regret

    Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

    See synonyms for HAPPINESS.

    Synonyms:
    affliction, distress, grief, melancholy, mourning, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

    Preposition:
    Grief at a loss; for a friend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. regretverb

    Synonyms:
    grieve, lament, repent, miss, desiderate, deplore

    Antonyms:
    welcome, hail, approve, abandon, abjure, forget, disregard

  2. regretnoun

    Synonyms:
    sorrow, grief, concern, remorse, lamentation, repentance

Princeton's WordNet1.7 / 3 votes

  1. sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulnessverb

    sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

    "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

    Synonyms:
    ruefulness, grief, rue, sorrow, sorrowfulness, herb of grace, sadness

  2. repent, regret, rueverb

    feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

    Synonyms:
    atone, repent, rue

  3. regretverb

    feel sad about the loss or absence of

    Synonyms:
    repent, rue

  4. regretverb

    decline formally or politely

    "I regret I can't come to the party"

    Synonyms:
    repent, rue

  5. regretverb

    express with regret

    "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

    Synonyms:
    repent, rue

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. entschuldigen

    a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

    an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

    Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  
  2. kick oneself

    Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. regretnoun

    Synonyms:
    grief, sorrow

  2. regretnoun

    Synonyms:
    penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, contrition

  3. regretverb

    Synonyms:
    lament, grieve at, be sorry for

  4. regretverb

    Synonyms:
    repent, repent of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.3 / 3 votes

  1. regretnoun

    Synonyms:
    sorrow, compunction, deprecation, rue

  2. regretverb

    Synonyms:
    deplore, be sorry for, rue, deprecate

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How to use regret in a sentence?

  1. Emmanuel Macron:

    Concerning our American allies, I deeply regret the decision taken in Syria.

  2. Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis:

    I regret that today Mews have rejected the proposal. I feel this is a lost opportunity to give a concrete answer to a legitimate concern of European citizens.

  3. Maximo Ibarra:

    I regret the timing, but family reasons gave me no choice, i will dedicate myself in the coming months to securing a seamless transfer to my successor.

  4. Chinese:

    Do not anxiously expect what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.

  5. Jeff Ashton:

    Two years ago, I was curious about the Ashley Madison website, and I used my personal credit card to sign up for the site. I deeply regret my affiliation with the site, which has caused a great amount of stress and heartache to my wife and children. I want to publicly apologize to each of them for this embarrassment and for my blatant disregard for their feelings.


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