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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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Translations
نادِم، آسِفٌ على
lítostivý
fuld af beklagelse
sajnálkozó
hryggur; fullur eftirsjár
ľútostivý
pişmanüzüntülü
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
regretful
adj look, attitude → bedauernd attr; he was extremely regretful (about it) → es tat ihm sehr leid, er bedauerte es sehr; it is regretful that … → es ist bedauerlich, dass …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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.
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.
reˈgretful adjective feeling regret.
reˈgretfully adverb with regret. Regretfully, we have had to turn down your offer.
reˈgrettable adjectivea regrettable mistake.
reˈgrettably adverbregrettable is spelt with two ts.
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