regret
/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/noun, verb2 syllables
Regret means: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.
Synonyms for regret19
What does regret mean?5
noun
1
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment“he drank to drown his sorrows”
verb
1
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
2
feel sad about the loss or absence of
3
decline formally or politely“I regret I can't come to the party”
4
express with regret“I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with regret?34
three syllables
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Regret in a sentence
- Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.THURET
- To my regret, my father could not recover from his long illness.unknown
- Don't waste your youth, otherwise you'll regret it later.LittleBoy
- I regret to say that he's gone, never to return.AlanF_US
- What you give to the wicked, you always regret.sacredceltic
- If you do this, you will regret it for the rest of your life.CC
- If you don't give in now, you will regret it later.pnnaeem
- Whether you get married or stay a bachelor, you'll regret it either way.mailohilohi
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Forms of regret
as a noun
- plural
- regrets
as a verb
- past tense
- regretted
- present participle
- regretting
- third-person singular
- regrets
- past participle
- regretted