regret
verb
[ rɪˈɡrɛt ]
• feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do).
• "she immediately regretted her words"
Similar:
be sorry about,
feel contrite about,
feel apologetic about,
feel remorse about/for,
be remorseful about,
rue,
repent (of),
feel repentant about,
be regretful at/about,
have a conscience about,
blame oneself for,
mourn,
grieve for/over,
feel grief at,
weep over,
sigh over,
fret about,
pine over,
feel sad about,
lament,
feel sorrow at,
sorrow for,
be upset/disappointed about,
deplore,
regret
noun
• a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do.
• "she expressed her regret at Virginia's death"
Similar:
remorse,
sorrow,
contrition,
contriteness,
repentance,
penitence,
pangs of conscience,
guilt,
compunction,
remorsefulness,
ruefulness,
shame,
self-reproach,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
sorriness,
sadness,
disappointment,
dismay,
unhappiness,
dejection,
lamentation,
grief,
mourning,
mournfulness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French regreter ‘bewail (the dead)’, perhaps from the Germanic base of greet2.
