regret
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(verb) be sorry; "I regret to say..." |
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Related Words: fear, inform |
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(verb) decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party" |
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Related Words: decline, refuse |
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(verb) feel sad about the loss or absence of |
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Related Words: miss |
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(verb) feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about |
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Synonyms: repent, rue |
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Related Words: experience, feel |
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(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret" |
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Synonyms: ruefulness, sorrow |
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Related Words: attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, remorse, sadness, self-reproach, unhappiness |
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(verb) regret strongly |
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Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament |
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Related Words: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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