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Synonyms for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəlre·gret·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
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, meritlessAntonyms:
unregretting, unregretful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "regretful":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#330 | big | |
#618 | blue | |
#841 | bad | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5071 | sad | |
#11273 | defective | |
#12121 | regret | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15510 | forged | |
#15665 | risky | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42423 | distressing | |
#43052 | drab | |
#50756 | spoilt | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#56568 | sorrowful | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#93066 | uncollectible | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#151039 | rueful | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#177601 | meritless |
How to use regretful in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
No one wants another tragedy. No one wants this to happen again. That's why it's regretful that Democrats have rushed to a markup today in what seems more like political theater than a real attempt at improving public safety or finding solutions, democrats never once reached out to us to seek our input on the legislation we are considering here today.
The recording appears to be a compilation of audio clips, many of which involve private conversations between two adults with no other persons/children present. The recording contains regretful conversations between these adults.
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