to regret
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1.2
- verb
- /rɪˈɡrɛt/
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arrepentirse de
- "Mouth tentacles drooping," Hersule said, "I regret that I have nothing to give in return."
- regret having
- regret the decision
- regret leaving
You will do things that you regret, so will I.
- You will do things that you regret, so will I.
- OK, so Sarah says, do I really regret entering that lift?
- Does any part of you regret working on La La Land?
- There are things that happened that I do regret, and there are things that.
- I don't, I really don't regret anything good.
- And so at that point he regretted the indiscretion.
- I was trying to, I, I said some things I regret now.
- Maybe some people regret they didn't quit smoking earlier.
- And then you like deeply regret that later on, right?
- But these are the situations where regret the fight and you know this.
Examples
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I deeply regret it.
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There are so many things I have done which I regret.
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You will do things that you regret, so will I.
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And it's that you will regret not getting started now.
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And I will tell you, you will always regret not doing it.
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Does any part of you regret working on La La Land?
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I regret it, but we cannot do business.
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We all have things that we regret.
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Everything changed after that, and I regretted it every day of my life from that day forward.
Fiction book (1991) -
I regret not attending the concert last night, as it seemed amazing.
Synonyms
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3.4
To be sorry about an action you did or failed to do
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7.1
To say you are sad about something and complain about it
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7.1
To show strong disapproval of something, often publicly or in a formal way
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7.5
To feel sorry about something you did or missed
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8.1
Feel very sorry about a past action or decision
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A claim that sex was forced after a person first agreed but later regretted it
How Sorry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Regret originally meant 'to mourn' in Old French and is like the English word grief, so to regret something is to feel sad or sorry about a past action or loss.