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re·gret·ful
(rĭ-grĕt′fəl)adj.
Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.
re·gret′ful·ly adv.
re·gret′ful·ness n.
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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.
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| 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"unregretful, unregretting - feeling no regret; "was completely unregretful about what had happened" |
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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.
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regretful
adjective1. Expressing or inclined to express an apology:
2. Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds:
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regretful
[rɪˈgretfʊl] ADJ → arrepentido, pesarosoto be regretful that → lamentar que + subjun
he was most regretful about it → lo lamentó profundamente
we are not regretful about leaving → no nos pesa tener que partir
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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.lamentar
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.pesar; remordimiento
reˈgretful adjective feeling regret. con pesar; con remordimiento
reˈgretfully adverb with regret. Regretfully, we have had to turn down your offer.lamentablemente
reˈgrettable adjectivea regrettable mistake.lamentable
reˈgrettably adverbregrettable is spelt with two ts.
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