regretting
From WikiWord, the free dictionary
English
Definitions
verb
- To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.“He regretted his words.”
- (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).“I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.”
- To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
noun
- The act by which something is regretted.
Related words
Synonyms
regrettablepitymournlamentmourninglamentingbemoaningcomplainingdeploringruingregratingrepentancerecantationlamentationrecantingremembering