Synonyms for regret
rɪˈgrɛtre·gret

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1. regret

   Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

   See synonyms for HAPPINESS.

   Synonyms:
   affliction, distress, grief, melancholy, mourning, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

   Preposition:
   Grief at a loss; for a friend.

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1. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   grieve, lament, repent, miss, desiderate, deplore

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail, approve, abandon, abjure, forget, disregard

2. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, grief, concern, remorse, lamentation, repentance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulnessverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   ruefulness, grief, rue, sorrow, sorrowfulness, herb of grace, sadness

2. repent, regret, rueverb

   feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

   Synonyms:
   atone, repent, rue

3. regretverb

   feel sad about the loss or absence of

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

4. regretverb

   decline formally or politely

   "I regret I can't come to the party"

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

5. regretverb

   express with regret

   "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Inform
   • Miss
   • Refuse

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entschuldigen

   a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

   an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  

2. kick oneself

   Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2019  

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1. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   grief, sorrow

2. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, contrition

3. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   lament, grieve at, be sorry for

4. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   repent, repent of

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1. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, compunction, deprecation, rue

2. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   deplore, be sorry for, rue, deprecate

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1. List of paraphrases for "regret":

   deplore, spite, regrets, regrettable, sorrow, pity, sadness, lament, disappointment, regretful, remorse, regretting

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How to use regret in a sentence?

1. Christine Sarkis:

   A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret.

2. Patrick Kanner:

   We know very well that FIFA's ethics committee has been very close to the former managers, notably Sepp Blatter ... who is perhaps dragging down with him the man he expected to be his successor but who was not always the man he wanted to see take his place, i regret this because Michel Platini is in a sense being hounded. Was he able to defend himself under fair conditions? I'm not convinced.

3. Felipe Guevara:

   As a government and especially as superintendent, I deeply regret what happened and send our best wishes to him and his family.

4. Rich Robinson:

   It is with great disappointment and regret that after having the privilege of writing and performing the music of The Black Crowes over the last 24 years, I find myself in the position of saying that the band has broken up.

5. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   You will suffer if you Choose to Live in the past. Those who look back, their Joy never lasts. If you want to do away with misery and regret, Then live with Acceptance, Forgive and Forget.