nnoun.feelingsadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointmentSynset:rue ruefulness sorrow
Examples:- he drank to drown his sorrows
- he wrote a note expressing his regret
- to his rue, the error cost him the game
Derivationally Related Form:regretsorrowruerueful
Hypernyms:sadness unhappiness
Inherited Hypernyms:sorrowsadnessfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:attritioncompunctioncontritenesscontritionremorseself-reproach
Full Hyponyms:attritioncompunctionguiltrepentancesurvivor guilt
vverb.emotionfeel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite aboutSynset:repent rue
Derivationally Related Form:repentanceregretruerepentant
Hypernyms:experience feel
Inherited Hypernyms:repentfeel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s VERB-ing (apply to: regret) | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: regret) | They --- to move (apply to: regret)
vverb.emotionfeel sad about the loss or absence ofDerivationally Related Form:regret
Hypernyms:miss
Inherited Hypernyms:regretmissdesire
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationdecline formally or politelyExamples:- I regret I can't come to the party
Hypernyms:decline refuse
Inherited Hypernyms:regretrefusereactact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
vverb.communicationexpress with regretExamples:- I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard
Derivationally Related Form:regret
Hypernyms:inform
Inherited Hypernyms:regretinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:fear
Full Troponyms:fear
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE