'Regretful' definitions:
Definition of 'regretful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: regretful, sorry, bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting]
Definition of 'Regretful'
From: GCIDE
- Regretful \Re*gret"ful\ (-f?l), a. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- {Re*gret"ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] re-group
Synonyms of 'regretful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apologetic,
- ashamed,
- baffled,
- balked,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- chapfallen,
- conscience-smitten,
- conscience-stricken,
- contrite,
- crestfallen,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- disappointed,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- dissatisfied,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- full of remorse,
- guilty,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- let down,
- mournful,
- out of countenance,
- penitent,
- remorseful,
- repentant,
- repining,
- rueful,
- sad,
- self-accusing,
- self-condemning,
- self-convicting,
- self-debasing,
- self-flagellating,
- self-humiliating,
- self-punishing,
- self-reproaching,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- shameful,
- sorely disappointed,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- soured,
- thwarted,
- unhappy about,
- wistful