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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 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 … How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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