When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
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Regret
/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/
Synonyms for "regret" (108 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
abject apologyacknowledgmentafflictionanguishapologiesapologyattritionayenbite of inwitbe sorry forbemoanbewailbitternessbreast-beatingcarecompassionatecompunction
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (32)
confessioncontritenesscontritiondemurdeploredeprecatedisappointmentdisapprovedoledolorexcusefeel sorry forgriefgrieveguiltheartacheheartbreaklamentmea culpamourn
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Noun(6 words)
Related words (54)
Noun(13 words)
pangpangs of consciencepenancepenitencequalmrefusalregretfulnessregretsregrettingremorseremorse of conscienceremorsefulnessrepentrepentancerepinerepiningruerue the dayruefulnesssadness
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Interjection(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
12 entriesdeep regretdeeply regretexpress regretfelt regretregret aboutregret forregret outrightregret overregret publiclyregret the decisionregret the mistakeregret the outcome
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pendohem verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
American Sign Language
1 entries- A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μεταγιγνώσκω verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- μεταμέλομαι verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Arabic
2 entries- تَأَسَّفَ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- نَدِمَ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Armenian
1 entries- զղջալ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Basque
1 entries- damutu verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Belarusian
1 entries- шкадава́ць verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жаля́ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- съжаля́вам verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- съжалявам verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Catalan
4 entries- lamentar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- penedir-se verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- pesar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- recar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 後悔 /后悔 verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- 遺憾 /遗憾 verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Czech
2 entries- litovat verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- želet verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Danish
3 entries- angre verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklage verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- fortryde verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Dutch
3 entries- berouwen verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- betreuren verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- spijten verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Esperanto
2 entries- bedaŭri verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- bedaŭri verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Estonian
1 entries- kahetsema verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Faroese
2 entries- angra verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- harmast verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Finnish
3 entries- katua verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- olla pahoillaan verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- olla pahoillaan verb (to feel sorry about anything)
French
1 entries- regretter verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Galician
2 entries- arrepentir verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
German
3 entries- bedauern verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- bereuen verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- leidtun verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Gilbertese
1 entries- raraomaeakina verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Greek
2 entries- λυπούμαι verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- μετανιώνω verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Hawaiian
1 entries- mihi verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Hebrew
1 entries- הצטער verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Higaonon
1 entries- migbasol verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Hindi
2 entries- पछताना verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- पछताना verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Hungarian
3 entries- bán verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- megbán verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- sajnál verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Icelandic
2 entries- harma verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- sjá eftir verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Ido
2 entries- regretar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- regretar verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Indonesian
1 entries- menyesal verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Interlingua
4 entries- lamentar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- regrettar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- regrettar verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Italian
4 entries- lamentare verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- pentirsi verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- rammaricarsi verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- rammaricarsi verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Japanese
3 entries- 後悔する verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- 悔いる verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- 残念に思う verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Khmer
3 entries- នឹកស្តាយក្រោយ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- ស្ដាយ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- ស្តាយគំនិត verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Korean
1 entries- 후회하다 verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Ladin
2 entries- muië verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- muië verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Latin
2 entries- lamentō verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- paeniteo verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Low German
1 entries- leed dohn verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Lutuv
1 entries- ngiepachiy verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Macedonian
1 entries- жали verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Malay
2 entries- sesal verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- sesal verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ujutsa verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Mongolian
2 entries- гэмших verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- харамсах verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Māori
4 entries- kaniawhea verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- kōhau verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- pōuri verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- whakapāha verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Nepali
2 entries- पछुतो verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- पश्चाताप verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- angre verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklage verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklage verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- angre verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklaga verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklaga verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- beklage verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Old English
1 entries- hrēowan verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Persian
3 entries- افسوس خوردن verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- افسوسیدن verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- پشیمان شدن verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Piedmontese
1 entries- regreté verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Polish
1 entries- żałować verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Portuguese
3 entries- arrepender-se verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Russian
3 entries- жале́ть verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- сожале́ть verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- сожале́ть verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Sanskrit
1 entries- शोचति verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- zažaliti verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- žȁliti verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- жа̏лити verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Slovak
2 entries- ľutovať verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- žialiť verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Slovene
1 entries- obžalovati verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Spanish
4 entries- arrepentirse [de] verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- compungirse verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- lamentar verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Sundanese
2 entries- hanjakal verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- kaduhung verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Swedish
3 entries- beklaga verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- beklaga verb (to feel sorry about anything)
- ångra verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Telugu
1 entries- విచారించు verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Thai
3 entries- เสียดาย verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- เสียใจ verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- เสียใจ verb (to feel sorry about anything)
Turkish
1 entries- pişman olmak verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жалкува́ти verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- шкодува́ти verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hối hận verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
- hối tiếc verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Welsh
1 entries- edifaru verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַדויערן verb (feel sorry about some past thing)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.
Source: tatoeba (15900)
You will soon regret your rash conduct.
Source: tatoeba (16663)
I regret that I told you.
Source: tatoeba (17429)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.