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regret English

Meaning regret meaning

What does regret mean?
Definitions in simple English

regret Verb

— Someone regrets something when they wish the thing hadn't happened, especially something they did. I really regret forgetting to buy him a birthday present.

regret

— verb (= repent) feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about — noun (= sorrow, rue) 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 — verb feel sad about the loss or absence of — verb express with regret I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard — verb decline formally or politely I regret I can't come to the party

Synonyms regret synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as regret?

regret English » English

sorrow repent remorse rue be sorry repentance sorry grieve feel sorrow lament feel sorry deplore mourn compunction reluctance grief disappointment be sad sadness repent of pity penitence feel remorse contrition be sorry about be sorrowful miss bewail anguish woe sorrowfulness ruefulness resent remorseful pain feel sad begrudge yearn for unhappiness pine away penance lamentation hate feel sorry for dissatisfaction deficient complaint complain clean chagrin

Topics regret topics

What do people use regret to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sorry
Language and thought Think

Remember
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent

Conjugation regret conjugation

How do you conjugate regret?

regret · verb

Examples regret examples

How do I use regret in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I regret that I told you.
I regret not having studied harder at school.
I think everyone looks back on their childhood with some regret.
If you do this, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
I don't regret it at all.
I regret that I did that.
Well, you'll regret it.
You'll regret doing this.
Tom and Mary regret that they agreed to do that.
I regret telling them about my family.
I regret wasting my time hanging around in pubs.
I don't regret the time spent on Tatoeba. How could I?
You will regret that, Tom.
You'll regret that, Tom.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.
You will soon regret your rash conduct.
A time will come when you will regret your action.
The time will come when you'll regret it.
I regret having been idle in my school days.
I regret to inform you that I will be unable to keep our appointment for February 27.
You won't regret it.
I regret not having taken his advice.
You'll regret having said those words.
I regret that I did not work harder.
I regret that I wasted the money.
Jack seems to regret it deeply.
I regret that I can't help you.
The time will come when you will regret this.
I regret the delay in writing to you to thank you for your hospitality on my visit to your country.

Movie subtitles

I don't regret it.
Since I do not want to regret my life because of your passions,. it is better that we divorce.
You'll regret this!
You don't expect me to regret that.
I assure you, sir, you will have no cause to regret it.
I regret I am too occupied to accept invitations.
I DEEPLY REGRET THE UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR WITH HIS EXCELLENCY, BUT HIS ATTITUDE LEFT ME NO ALTERNATIVE.
You may regret this, Laing.
I regret the insult.
You'll regret this.
I regret to report, my dear sir, that your manservant has been arrested.
She's absolutely going to regret this.
Don't do anything in haste you might regret later.
I regret to say it but I cannot.
I regret losing you, but it'll be good for your careers.
I hope we won't regret raising this child as ours.
And don't get in my way or you'll regret it.
I regret to inform you the U.N. has already been infiltrated by an enemy agent.
Well, someone's blowing smoke, and you're gonna regret it.
You will regret that decision!
She has, to my regret, a low opinion of social rules.
Surely, you regret having betrayed your country.
Tell me, Fred, have you not a regret for treating Emily so?
Something hell probably have occasion to regret.
I regret the unfortunate affair with His Excellency, but his attitude left me no alternative.
It is with deep regret that I have to enforce the law of our kingdom.
Do you regret having been a bad husband?
SO THAT, EITHER WAY, S-SHE COULD ACT DECISIVELY AND WITHOUT REGRET. IS THAT POSSIBLE?
AND MY WHOLE LIFE, I'VE HAD TO LIVE WITH THE DOUBT AND THE REGRET.
Won't you regret it?
You won't regret it, I tell you.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU ALL TO SUBMIT TO A SEARCH.
You'll never regret it.
And you don't regret it?
I regret that I have not the time to give to your exhibition now. but I'll worry you more when I get back.
I regret I am forced to remove it from your charge.
My dear doctor, I hope you won't regret your sacrifice.
I don't regret anything!

News and current affairs

Prisons, I fear, would be full of abusive husbands and, I regret to say, vengeful mothers-in-law.
Others remember Rwanda, where President Bill Clinton later expressed regret for not acting to save innocent lives.
In the end, however, logic prevailed over escapism and hesitation, a ceasefire was signed, and we can only regret all the time that was lost and the unnecessary suffering on both sides.
Hardliners in Israel naturally regret the end of the Bush administration, for they know that, even if President Barack Obama does not dramatically change US policy toward Israel once he assumes power, he will not repeat Bush's unconditional support.
Young Indian factory workers who fail to follow instructions are sometimes regret branded with red-hot iron rods, and some teenage Thai prostitutes are disciplined by having acid thrown in their faces.
Then again, we might live to regret that times did not change fast enough.
We found out many years ago, to the world's great regret, what happens when a financial epidemic is allowed to run its course.
Similarly, the Japanese came to regret the appreciated yen after the Plaza Accord succeeded in bringing down an overvalued dollar.
One can only regret that the media seem less interested in this exciting and momentous story, which has the potential to help millions of children, than in Madonna's adoption of a single Malawian infant.
And yet, how many public figures of McNamara's importance have ever expressed any regret for their mistakes and follies and crimes?
Reinvented by Hollywood for American self-examination, recrimination, and regret, Vietnam became an allegorical black hole.
We all deeply regret that the international community, despite months of diplomatic efforts, failed to prevent this disaster.
We may regret that Milosevic's own trial ended without a conclusion.
One may regret the disappearance of boundaries between private and public life in our global Internet age, but one must adjust to it - and Hollande clearly has not.
In confronting dangers such as the Islamic State, Ebola, financial crisis, climate change, or rising inequality, short-term political expediency must be overcome - or the entire world will come to regret it.
And they will regret that the French are not the prosaic sort of people who know how to be themselves at normal cruising speed, without having to hear a cannonball whistle past.
During a boom, people considering getting into asset markets weigh the fear of regret if they don't against the pain of possible loss if they do.
With its long borders with Russia, China knows it would have much to regret if a new, oil-fired Russian empire appeared on its doorstep.
I suppose that I belong to an expat generation that has not been educated to consider voting an essential right, if not a duty, and I regret that.
The overthrown Tunisian dictator must now regret that his security forces did not arrest Bouazizi and lock him up, rather than allow his public self-immolation.
As Winston Churchill said, the problem with committing political suicide is that you live to regret it.
For example, we may regret that we can no longer see some species of wild animal that has been hunted to extinction by people who lived centuries ago.

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