re·gret·ful (r -gr t f l)adj. Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry. re·gret ful·ly adv.re·gret ful·ness n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | regretful - 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" unregretful, unregretting - feeling no regret; "was completely unregretful about what had happened" |
regretful
adjective sorry, disappointed, sad, ashamed, apologetic, mournful, rueful, contrite, sorrowful, repentant, remorseful, penitent He gave a regretful smile.
Usage: Regretful and regretfully are sometimes wrongly used where regrettable and regrettably are meant. A simple way of making the distinction is that when you regret something YOU have done, you are regretful: he gave a regretful smile; he smiled regretfully. In contrast, when you are sorry about an occurrence you did not yourself cause, you view the occurrence as regrettable: this is a regrettable (not regretful) mistake; regrettably (not regretfully, i.e. because of circumstances beyond my control) I shall be unable to attend.
Translations
regretful [rɪˈgretfʊl] ADJ → arrepentido, pesaroso
to be regretful that → lamentar que + subjun
he was most regretful about it → lo lamentó profundamente
we are not regretful about leaving → no nos pesa tener que partir
to be regretful that → lamentar que + subjun
he was most regretful about it → lo lamentó profundamente
we are not regretful about leaving → no nos pesa tener que partir
regretful
adj look, attitude → bedauernd attr; he was extremely regretful (about it) → es tat ihm sehr leid, er bedauerte es sehr; it is regretful that … → es ist bedauerlich, dass …
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