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Definitions for Regretting
[1] to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
[2] to think of with a sense of loss: to regret one's vanished youth.
[3] a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
[4] a feeling of sorrow or remorse for a fault, act, loss, disappointment, etc.
[5] regrets, a polite, usually formal refusal of an invitation: I sent her my regrets.
[6] a note expressing regret at one's inability to accept an invitation: I have had four acceptances and one regret.
[7] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to feel sorry, repentant, or upset about
[8] to bemoan or grieve the death or loss of
[9] a sense of repentance, guilt, or sorrow, as over some wrong done or an unfulfilled ambition
[10] a sense of loss or grief
[11] (plural) a polite expression of sadness, esp in a formal refusal of an invitation
Words related to Regretting
regretlament, grieve, repent, bemoan, apologize, deplore, moan, bewail, deprecate, repine, disapprove, rue, mourn, weep, miss
Words nearby Regretting
regretregression analysis, regressive, regressive assimilation, regressive staining, regressive tax, regret, regretful, regrettable, regroup, regrow, regrowth
Origin of Regretting
1300–50; Middle English regretten (v.) < Middle French regreter, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + -greter, perhaps < Germanic (cf. greet2)
Words that may be confused with Regretting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, regretbegrudge, regret, resent, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Regretting
re·gret·ter , noun
re·gret·ting·ly , adverb
un·re·gret·ted , adjective
un·re·gret·ting , adjective
Word origin for Regretting
C14: from Old French regrete , of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse grāta to weep
Synonyms for Regretting
apologize, bemoan, deplore, grieve, lament, repent, bewail, deprecate, disapprove, miss, moan, mourn, repine, rue, weep, be disturbed, be sorry for, cry over, cry over spilled milk, feel remorse, feel sorry, feel uneasy, have compunctions, have qualms, kick oneself, look back, weep over