What are some alternative words for regretful?
Synonyms for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəl
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Princeton's WordNet
regretful, sorry, bad(adj)
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"
Synonyms:
speculative, deplorable, big, no-account, dismal, dark, disconsolate, uncollectible, no-count, good-for-nothing, blue, tough, no-good, unfit, high-risk, grim, sad, risky, good-for-naught, lamentable, unsound, spoilt, distressing, bad, spoiled, forged, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, dingy, dreary, defective, drear, meritlessAntonyms:
unregretting, unregretful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "regretful":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#330 | big | |
#618 | blue | |
#841 | bad | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5071 | sad | |
#11273 | defective | |
#12121 | regret | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15510 | forged | |
#15665 | risky | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42423 | distressing | |
#43052 | drab | |
#50756 | spoilt | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#56568 | sorrowful | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#93066 | uncollectible | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#151039 | rueful | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#177601 | meritless |
How to use regretful in a sentence?
I am regretful that this matter became emotional for society and a political factor.
I am thrilled. I love movies. I don't have those nagging, regretful feelings about either of them, it is a miracle.
The recording appears to be a compilation of audio clips, many of which involve private conversations between two adults with no other persons/children present. The recording contains regretful conversations between these adults.
I along with our country's people feel sad, angry and regretful, china grabbing our allies and giving us pressure in the diplomatic space will not shrink the distance across the (Taiwan) strait and will not let cross-strait relations walk on a peaceful, friendly path.
They feel regretful that they put their trust in the wrong person.
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