Regret

Verb

 * 1) To feel sorry about (a thing that has happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
 * He regretted his words.
 * 1)  To feel sorry about (any thing).
 * I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.

Derived terms

 * regretter

Noun

 * 1) The instance of such an emotion.

Adjectives for Regret
pious; undersigned; relentful; idle; unspeakable; fond; tender; contrite; indignant; mingled (pi); 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; maudlinly; 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, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, sorriness, sorrow, weep over, wistfulness, woe

Etymology
From regretten:, from  regreter:, from re- (intensive prefix) + undefined: "to weep", of  origin, from  *undefined: "to weep, mourn, lament", from  and  *undefined: "to cry, weep", from, from. Cognate with grazan: "to cry",  grætan:,  grēotan "to weep, lament",  gráta:,  𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽:. More at greet.

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: تندم, ندم
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , Leid tun, leidtun
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: הצטער


 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 悔いる,
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , arrepentir
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: beklaga, ångra
 * Telugu: విచారించు (vichaarinchu)


 * Finnish:


 * Italian: rammaricarsi

Noun

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: أسف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遺憾, 遗憾, 後悔, 后悔
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: katumus, valittelu, pahoittelu
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अफ़सोस
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 후회 (後悔)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian: افسوس
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, arrepentimiento
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ånger
 * Telugu: విచారం (vichaaram)
 * Urdu: افسوس

Derived terms

 * Category:English words derived from: regret

Related terms

 * Category:English words containing but not directly derived from: regret

Noun

 * 1) regret

Etymology
From regret: from  regret:, deverbal of regreter:, from, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from  and  *undefined:, from  from. More at.

Related terms

 * regretter

Noun

 * 1) regret, repentance

Related terms

 * regrettar
 * regrettabile