regret

regret
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Looking back with sorrow
Nouns — regret, remorse, qualms, compunction, contrition, attrition, repentance, penitence; lamentation, mourning; heartache, sorrow, grief, bitterness, disappointment, discontent; repining, homesickness, nostalgia, mal du pays.
Verbs — regret, deplore, feel sorry or contrite, think better of; sorrow, grieve, repent, repine, rue [the day]; weigh or prey on the mind, leave an aching void. Informal, kick oneself.
Adjectives
1. regretting, regretful, sorry, contrite, remorseful, rueful, mournful, penitent, ashamed; repining, homesick, nostalgic.
2. regretted, regrettable, deplorable, unfortunate, lamentable; culpable, blameworthy, opprobrious.
Interjections — what a pity! what a shame! too bad! Slang, tough luck!
Quotations — For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been" ( John Greenleaf Whittier), We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us (Book of Common Prayer), To regret deeply is to live afresh (Henry David Thoreau), Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, and regret is useless (Seattle).
Antonyms, see content, rejoicing.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Remorse]
Syn. concern, compunction, worry, repentance, self-reproach, self-condemnation, self-disgust, misgiving, regretfulness, nostalgia, self-accusation, contrition, qualm, scruple, penitence, bitterness, disappointment, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, conscience, discomfort, annoyance, spiritual disturbance; see also care 2 , repentance .
Ant. comfort*, satisfaction, ease.
2. [Grief]
Syn. sorrow, pain, anxiety; see grief 1 .
See Synonym Study at repentance . v.
1. [To be sorry for]
Syn. mourn, bewail, lament, cry over, rue, grieve, repent, repine, have compunctions about, feel remorse for, look back upon, feel conscience-stricken, bemoan, moan, have a bad conscience, have qualms about, weep over, be disturbed over, feel uneasy about, rue the day, laugh out of the other side of one's mouth*, kick oneself*, bite one's tongue*, cry over spilt milk*.
Ant. celebrate*, rejoice, be satisfied with.
2. [To disapprove of]
Syn. deplore, be opposed to, deprecate; see censure , disapprove 1 , dislike .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
self-reproach, remorse, penitence, sorrow, self-condemnation, contrition, pangs of guilt, conscience, second thought, qualm. ''The beginning of a new life.''—George Eliot.
II
v.
be sorry for, *look back and kick oneself for, lament, bemoan, rue the day, have pangs of conscience, have second thoughts, never forgive oneself, repent, hate oneself for.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To feel or express sorrow for: deplore, repent, rue. See REGRET. II noun 1. Unhappiness caused by the failure of one's hopes, desires, or expectations: disappointment, discontent, discontentment, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, letdown. See HAPPY. 2. A statement of acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon. Used in plural: apology, excuse, mea culpa. See REGRET.

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