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regretful

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English regretful From regret + -ful.

  1. derived from *gʰrewd-✻ — “to weep, be sad”
  2. derived from *greutaną✻ — “to weep, cry”
  3. derived from *greutan✻ — “to cry, weep”
  4. derived from *ǵʰreh₁d-✻ — “to sound”
  5. derived from *grētaną✻ — “to weep”
  6. derived from *grātan✻ — “to weep, mourn, lament”
  7. derived from regreter
  8. inherited from regretten
  9. suffixed as regretful — “regret + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.

    • I continued also the wish to be with you, and experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing us.

  2. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

    • feel bitterly regretful
    • feel deeply regretful
    • feel sincerely regretful

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Derived

regretfully, regretfulness, unregretful

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA