Synonyms for regret
rɪˈgrɛtre·gret

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. regret

   Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

   See synonyms for HAPPINESS.

   Synonyms:
   affliction, distress, grief, melancholy, mourning, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

   Preposition:
   Grief at a loss; for a friend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   grieve, lament, repent, miss, desiderate, deplore

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail, approve, abandon, abjure, forget, disregard

2. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, grief, concern, remorse, lamentation, repentance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulnessverb

   sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

   "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

   Synonyms:
   ruefulness, grief, rue, sorrow, sorrowfulness, herb of grace, sadness

2. repent, regret, rueverb

   feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

   Synonyms:
   atone, repent, rue

3. regretverb

   feel sad about the loss or absence of

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

4. regretverb

   decline formally or politely

   "I regret I can't come to the party"

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

5. regretverb

   express with regret

   "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

   Synonyms:
   repent, rue

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Inform
   • Miss
   • Refuse

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entschuldigen

   a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

   an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  

2. kick oneself

   Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   grief, sorrow

2. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, contrition

3. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   lament, grieve at, be sorry for

4. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   repent, repent of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. regretnoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, compunction, deprecation, rue

2. regretverb

   Synonyms:
   deplore, be sorry for, rue, deprecate

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1. List of paraphrases for "regret":

   deplore, spite, regrets, regrettable, sorrow, pity, sadness, lament, disappointment, regretful, remorse, regretting

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How to use regret in a sentence?

1. James Ricketson:

   These statements were made from a place of foreign naivety and ignorance about the complexities and difficulties of governing Cambodia, i sincerely regret having made any disrespectful comments and I unreservedly apologize in this regards to yourself and your government.

2. Carlos Cruz-Diez:

   I regret not being able to have developed my artistic life in my country, surrounded by my people.

3. Brian Judge:

   Something you need most might be something you turn away from, something you turn away from might be something you regret, and something you regret, in the end, might cost you the one chance you ever had.

4. Hannah Karp:

   If you're a young artist and blow the big chunk of money and then you get into your older years and you don't have any income coming in, you'll probably regret it, owning music assets is like owning a retirement fund.

5. Ketanji Brown Jackson:

   Senator, what I regret is that in a hearing about my qualifications to be a justice on the Supreme Court, we've spent a lot of time focusing on this small subset of my sentences.