Definitions for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəlre·gret·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretful, sorry, badadjective

   feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

   "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretfuladjective

   Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.

2. regretfuladjective

   Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

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1. regretful

   Regretful describes a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an action or occurrence that one wishes could have been different or avoided. It generally implies a sense of sorrow for mistakes made or opportunities missed in the past.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regretfuladjective

   full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of regretful in a Sentence

1. Bill Clinton:

   What happened to you is a travesty and I can't even imagine what you went through and how terrible those days and nights must have been for all those years, and I know that all of us are so regretful that you or any person has to go through what you did. And I hope that now that you are standing here before us that you will have whatever path in life you choose going forward.

2. Joe Rogan:

   I'm making this video to talk about the most regretful and shameful thing that I've ever had to talk about publicly. There's a video that's out that's a compilation of me saying the N-word. It's a video that's made of clips taken out of context of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, and it's all smushed together. And it looks f---ing horrible, even to me.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   I regret the effort to repeal and immediately replace will not be successful, but that doesn’t mean we should give up, it’s regretful that our Democratic colleagues decided early on that they did not want to engage with us to help deliver that relief, but this does not have to be the end of the story.

4. Guo Meimei:

   I shouldn't have participated in gambling, but I don't think my actions constituted (a) crime, i know I have made mistakes, and I'm truly regretful.

5. Val Demings of Florida:

   We have no reason to believe that The President has learned anything, if The President had, perhaps The President would have began the State of the Union address the other night by apologizing to the American people. That what The President did was wrong and The President's regretful for it. We haven't heard that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=regretful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regretful
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regretful