regretful

Definition of regretful in English English dictionary: Sorrowful about what has been lost or done; Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets; feeling, expressive of, or full of regret; {s} sorrowful, anguished, remorseful; If you are regretful, you show that you regret something. Mr Griffin gave a regretful smile + regretfully re·gret·ful·ly He shook his head regretfully. someone who is regretful feels sorry or disappointed; having 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"; Full of regret, indulging in regrets, repining; Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining
regret: The instance of such an emotion
regret: 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.
regret: To feel sorry about (any thing)
I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
regretfully: Unfortunately, in a manner inspiring or deserving regret; used only as a sentence adverb|sentence adverb]] (to introduce and modify an entire sentence)
regretfully: In a regretful manner, with regret
regret: To feel sorry about some past thing, wishing it had not happened, but something else instead
regret: decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
regret: {n} grief, sorrow, vexation, dislike
regret: Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done. Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring
regret: If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it. He expressed great regret and said that surgeons would attempt to reverse the operation She has accepted his resignation with regret
regret: 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"
regret: Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction
regret: {i} sorrow, remorse, anguish
regret: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
regret: feel sad about the loss or absence of
regret: {f} feel sorrow, feel remorseful, rue
regret: Dislike; aversion
regret: If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it. I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question Five years later she regrets having given up her home
regret: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
regret: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party" feel sad about the loss or absence of
regret: politeness You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something. `I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests Her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say
regret: To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends
regretfully: sorrowfully, remorsefully, with feelings of anguish
regretfully: with regret (used in polite formulas); "I must regretfully decline your kind invitation"
regretfully: with regret (used in polite formulas); "I must regretfully decline your kind invitation