regretful

re·gret·ful

R0127300 (rĭ-grĕt′fəl)adj. Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.

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re·gret′ful·ly adv.re·gret′ful·ness n.

re•gret•ful

(rɪˈgrɛt fəl)

adj. full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done. re•gret′ful•ly, adv. re•gret′ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

regretful - 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"sorry, badpenitent, repentant - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeedsunregretful, unregretting - feeling no regret; "was completely unregretful about what had happened"

regretful

adjective sorry, disappointed, sad, ashamed, apologetic, mournful, rueful, contrite, sorrowful, repentant, remorseful, penitent He gave a regretful smile.Usage: Regretful and regretfully are sometimes wrongly used where regrettable and regrettably are meant. A simple way of making the distinction is that when you regret something YOU have done, you are regretful: he gave a regretful smile; he smiled regretfully. In contrast, when you are sorry about an occurrence you did not yourself cause, you view the occurrence as regrettable: this is a regrettable (not regretful) mistake; regrettably (not regretfully, i.e. because of circumstances beyond my control) I shall be unable to attend.

regretful

adjective1. Expressing or inclined to express an apology:apologetic, contrite, penitent, repentant, sorry.2. Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds:compunctious, contrite, penitent, penitential, remorseful, repentant, sorry.

Translations

遗憾的

regret

(rəˈgret) – past tense, past participle reˈgretted – verb to be sorry about. I regret my foolish behaviour; I regret that I missed the concert; I regret missing the concert; I regret to inform you that your application for the job was unsuccessful. 懊悔 懊悔 noun a feeling of sorrow, or of having done something wrong. I have no regrets / I feel no regret about what I did; It was with deep regret that I heard the news of his death. 懊悔 遗憾，懊悔，悲伤 reˈgretful adjective feeling regret. 遺憾的 遗憾的reˈgretfully adverb with regret. Regretfully, we have had to turn down your offer. 遺憾地 遗憾地reˈgrettable adjectivea regrettable mistake. 令人遺憾的 令人遗憾的reˈgrettably adverb 令人遺憾地 令人遗憾地

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regrettable is spelt with two ts.