regretful

English

Etymology

regret +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

regretful (comparative more regretful, superlative most regretful)

1. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
2. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

Synonyms

• (full of regret): repining, rueful, sorrowful

Derived terms

• regretfully
• regretfulness
• unregretful

Translations

full of regret

• Azerbaijani: peşman
• Finnish: katuvainen
• German: bedauernd (de), reuevoll
• Greek: περίλυπος (el) (perílypos), μετανιωμένος (el) (metanioménos)
• Irish: aiféalach

  Central Kurdish: پەشیمان (ckb) (peşîman)

• Kurdish:
• Ottoman Turkish: پشیمان (peşiman, pişman)
• Persian: پشیمان (fa) (pašimân)
• Plautdietsch: leet (nds)
• Portuguese: arrependido (pt)
• Russian: ка́ющийся (ru) (kájuščijsja), сожале́ющий (ru) (sožaléjuščij), жале́ющий (ru) (žaléjuščij)
• Spanish: arrepentido (es)
• Swedish: ångefull, ångerfylld

sorrowful about what has been lost or done

• Azerbaijani: mütəəssif, kədərlənən, heyifsilənən
• Russian: опеча́ленный (ru) (opečálennyj)

References

• “regretful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “regretful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.