regretful

English

Etymology

regret +‎ -ful

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

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەشیمان‎ (ku) (peşîman)

• Persian: پشیمان‎ (fa) (pašimân)
• Plautdietsch: leet (nds)
• Portuguese: arrependido (pt)
• Russian: опеча́ленный (ru) (opečálennyj)

References

• regretful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regretful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.