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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ri-gret
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈgrɛt



Definition of regret

Origin :
  • "to look back with distress or sorrowful longing; to grieve for on remembering," late 14c., from Old French regreter "long after, bewail, lament someone's death; ask the help of" (Modern French regretter), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + -greter, possibly from Frankish or some other Germanic source (cf. Old English grætan "to weep;" Old Norse grata "to weep, groan"), from Proto-Germanic *gretan "weep." "Not found in other Romance languages, and variously explained" [Century Dictionary].
  • Related: Regretted; regretting. Replaced Old English ofþyncan, from of- "off, away," here denoting opposition, + þyncan "seem, seem fit" (as in methinks).
  • noun upset over past action
  • verb be upset about
Example sentences :
  • Percival fancied there was a look almost of regret in the girl's eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • If he carried her triumphantly off, doubtless his regret for that would eventually be as great.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I regret this, but did the best I could under the circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Then I regret to say that the boy, Robert Rushton, is unworthy of your friendship.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We regret that his tours are so rapid, and his journals so brief.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Some day, when I am rich and famous, I shall look back on all this with regret.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • All the regret I shall have, if I die, my darling, will be to have no child from you.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • I belong to you henceforth, and my only regret is that I am of so little worth.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • A vision of gray eyes, blurred in tears of regret, had obliterated all that was material.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

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