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regretful adjective [ rɪˈɡrɛtfʊl ]

• feeling or showing regret.
• "he sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself"
Similar: sorry, remorseful, contrite, repentant, rueful, penitent, conscience-stricken, apologetic, abject, guilty, guilt-ridden, ashamed, shamefaced, sheepish, in sackcloth and ashes, afraid, compunctious, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, miserable, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, down in the mouth, down in the dumps,
Opposite: unrepentant, glad,


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