regretful
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regretful
adjective more regretful · most regretful
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Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
But, as their flowery garland was wreathed of the brightest roses that had grown there, so, in the tie that united them, were intertwined all the purest and best of their early joys. They went heavenward, supporting each other along the difficult path which it was their lot to tread and never wasted
Similar: repining, rueful, remorseful
- Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. feel bitterly regretful
Similar: regretful, repining, sorry, rueful · Opposite: unregretful, unrepining, unsorry, unrueful
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adjective
Similar: regretful, repining, sorry, rueful · Opposite: unregretful, unrepining, unsorry, unrueful
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adj full of regret
| Español | arrepentido |
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| Português | arrependido |
| Deutsch | bedauernd, reuevoll |
| Ελληνικά | περίλυπος perílypos, μετανιωμένος metanioménos |
| Русский | ка́ющийся kájuščijsja, сожале́ющий sožaléjuščij, жале́ющий žaléjuščij |
adj sorrowful about what has been lost or done
| Русский | опеча́ленный opečálennyj |
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title = {regretful},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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