regret
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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
From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.
Base: greet
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: regrets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: regretting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: regretted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: regretted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: regrets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
pos: verb
examples: He regretted his words.
I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese.
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
Dear humanity, we regret bein' alien bastards, we regret comin' to Earth, and we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!
gloss: To feel sorry about (any thing).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
examples: I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.
gloss: To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family.
This [the Cage] was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away. By this manner of living, and thanks to the affection of his clan, he had not only stayed all this time in safety, while so many others had fled or been taken and slain: but stayed four or five years longer, and only went to France at last by the express command of his master. There he soon died; and it is strange to reflect that he may have regretted his Cage upon Ben Alder.
gloss: Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?
Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.
From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
gloss: Dislike; aversion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Is it a vertue to have some ineffective regrets to damnation, and such a Vertue too, as shall serve to ballance all our vices?
gloss: The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold.
Each loss then represents this unavoidable loss plus a regret (loss due to ignorance of Ө). Subtracting these unavoidable losses, we obtain the regret table, Table 1.7, and the average regret table, Table 1.8.
gloss: A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: live to regret
regrettable
regretter
regrettingly
unregretted
unregretting
Bregret
letter of regret
postdecisional regret
regretful
regretless
regret letter
regret rape
Regrexit
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pendohem
lang: American Sign Language
word: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
lang: Arabic
word: نَدِمَ
roman: nadima
lang: Arabic
word: تَأَسَّفَ
roman: taʔassafa
lang: Armenian
word: զղջալ
roman: zġǰal
lang: Basque
word: damutu
lang: Belarusian
word: шкадава́ць
roman: škadavácʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: съжаля́вам
roman: sǎžaljávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: жаля́
roman: žaljá
lang: Catalan
word: recar
lang: Catalan
word: penedir-se
lang: Catalan
word: pesar
lang: Catalan
word: lamentar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 後悔 /后悔
roman: hòuhuǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 遺憾 /遗憾
roman: yíhàn
lang: Maore Comorian
word: ujutsa
lang: Czech
word: litovat
lang: Czech
word: želet
lang: Danish
word: angre
lang: Danish
word: fortryde
lang: Dutch
word: betreuren
lang: Dutch
word: spijten
lang: Dutch
word: berouwen
lang: Esperanto
word: bedaŭri
lang: Estonian
word: kahetsema
lang: Faroese
word: angra
lang: Finnish
word: olla pahoillaan
lang: Finnish
word: katua
lang: French
word: regretter
lang: Galician
word: arrepentir
lang: Galician
word: lamentar
lang: German
word: bedauern
lang: German
word: bereuen
lang: German
word: leidtun
lang: Gilbertese
word: raraomaeakina
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽
roman: idreigōn
lang: Greek
word: μετανιώνω
roman: metanióno
lang: Greek
word: λυπούμαι
roman: lypoúmai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μεταμέλομαι
roman: metamélomai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μεταγιγνώσκω
roman: metagignṓskō
lang: Hawaiian
word: mihi
lang: Hebrew
word: הצטער
roman: hitsta'ér
lang: Higaonon
word: migbasol
lang: Hindi
word: पछताना
roman: pachtānā
lang: Hungarian
word: sajnál
lang: Hungarian
word: megbán
lang: Hungarian
word: bán
lang: Icelandic
word: sjá eftir
lang: Ido
word: regretar
lang: Interlingua
word: lamentar
lang: Interlingua
word: regrettar
lang: Italian
word: rimpiangere
lang: Italian
word: rammaricarsi
lang: Italian
word: pentirsi
lang: Italian
word: lamentare
lang: Japanese
word: 後悔する
roman: kōkai suru
lang: Japanese
word: 悔いる
roman: kuiru
lang: Japanese
word: 残念に思う
roman: zannen ni omou
lang: Khmer
word: ស្តាយគំនិត
roman: sdaay kumnit
lang: Khmer
word: នឹកស្តាយក្រោយ
roman: nɨk sdaay kraoy
lang: Khmer
word: ស្ដាយ
roman: sdaay
lang: Korean
word: 후회하다
roman: huhoehada
lang: Ladin
word: muië
lang: Latin
word: paeniteo
lang: Latin
word: lamentō
lang: Low German
word: leed dohn
lang: Lutuv
word: ngiepachiy
lang: Macedonian
word: жали
roman: žali
lang: Malay
word: sesal
lang: Māori
word: whakapāha
lang: Māori
word: āwhitu
lang: Māori
word: kōhau
lang: Māori
word: pōuri
lang: Mongolian
word: гэмших
roman: gemšix
lang: Mongolian
word: харамсах
roman: xaramsax
lang: Nepali
word: पछुतो
roman: pachuto
lang: Nepali
word: पश्चाताप
roman: paścātāp
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: beklage
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: angre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: beklaga
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: beklage
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: angre
lang: Old English
word: hrēowan
lang: Persian
word: افسوس خوردن
roman: afsus xordan
lang: Persian
word: افسوسیدن
roman: afsusidan
lang: Persian
word: پشیمان شدن
roman: pašimân šodan
lang: Piedmontese
word: regreté
lang: Polish
word: żałować
lang: Portuguese
word: arrepender-se
lang: Portuguese
word: lamentar
lang: Russian
word: сожале́ть
roman: sožalétʹ
lang: Russian
word: жале́ть
roman: žalétʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: शोचति
roman: śocati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жа̏лити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȁliti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zažaliti
lang: Slovak
word: ľutovať
lang: Slovak
word: žialiť
lang: Slovene
word: obžalovati
lang: Spanish
word: lamentar
lang: Spanish
word: arrepentirse [de]
lang: Spanish
word: repentirse [de]
lang: Spanish
word: compungirse
lang: Sundanese
word: hanjakal
lang: Sundanese
word: kaduhung
lang: Swedish
word: beklaga
lang: Swedish
word: ångra
lang: Telugu
word: విచారించు
roman: vicāriñcu
lang: Thai
word: เสียใจ
roman: sǐia-jai
lang: Thai
word: เสียดาย
roman: sǐia-daai
lang: Turkish
word: pişman olmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: жалкува́ти
roman: žalkuváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: шкодува́ти
roman: škoduváty
lang: Vietnamese
word: hối tiếc
lang: Vietnamese
word: hối hận
lang: Welsh
word: edifaru
lang: Yiddish
word: באַדויערן
roman: badoyern
lang: Bulgarian
word: съжалявам
roman: sǎžaljavam
lang: Catalan
word: recar
lang: Danish
word: beklage
lang: Esperanto
word: bedaŭri
lang: Faroese
word: harmast
lang: Finnish
word: olla pahoillaan
lang: Hindi
word: पछताना
roman: pachtānā
lang: Icelandic
word: harma
lang: Ido
word: regretar
lang: Indonesian
word: menyesal
lang: Interlingua
word: lamentar
lang: Interlingua
word: regrettar
lang: Italian
word: rammaricarsi
lang: Ladin
word: muië
lang: Malay
word: sesal
lang: Māori
word: āwhitu
lang: Māori
word: kaniawhea
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: beklage
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: beklaga
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: beklage
lang: Portuguese
word: lamentar
lang: Russian
word: сожале́ть
roman: sožalétʹ
lang: Spanish
word: lamentar
lang: Swedish
word: beklaga
lang: Thai
word: เสียใจ
roman: sǐia-jai
lang: Albanian
word: keqardhje
lang: Arabic
word: أَسَف
roman: ʔasaf
lang: Arabic
word: تَأَسُّف
roman: taʔassuf
lang: Armenian
word: զղջում
roman: zġǰum
lang: Armenian
word: ափսոսանք
roman: apʻsosankʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təəssüf
lang: Basque
word: damu
lang: Belarusian
word: шкадава́нне
roman: škadavánnje
lang: Belarusian
word: жаль
roman: žalʹ
lang: Bengali
word: আফসোস
roman: aphośōs
lang: Bulgarian
word: съжаление
roman: sǎžalenie
lang: Catalan
word: penediment
lang: Catalan
word: recança
lang: Czech
word: lítost
lang: Danish
word: beklagelse
lang: Danish
word: anger
lang: Dutch
word: spijt
lang: Dutch
word: berouw
lang: Esperanto
word: bedaŭro
lang: Faroese
word: iðran
lang: Faroese
word: angur
lang: Finnish
word: katumus
lang: Finnish
word: valittelu
lang: Finnish
word: pahoittelu
lang: French
word: regret
lang: Galician
word: pesar
lang: Galician
word: arrepentimento
lang: German
word: Reue
lang: German
word: Bedauern
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉
roman: trigō
lang: Greek
word: λύπη
roman: lýpi
lang: Hebrew
word: חֲרָטָה
roman: harata
lang: Hindi
word: अफ़सोस
roman: afsos
lang: Hindi
word: पछतावा
roman: pachtāvā
lang: Hindi
word: पश्चात्ताप
roman: paścāttāp
lang: Hungarian
word: megbánás
lang: Icelandic
word: eftirsjá
lang: Ido
word: regreto
lang: Ilocano
word: babawi
lang: Indonesian
word: penyesalan
lang: Irish
word: aiféala
lang: Irish
word: cathú
lang: Italian
word: rammarico
lang: Italian
word: rimpianto
lang: Italian
word: rimorso
lang: Italian
word: pentimento
lang: Japanese
word: 後悔
roman: kōkai
lang: Khmer
word: សេចក្ដីស្ដាយក្រោយ
roman: səckdəy sdaay kraoy
lang: Korean
word: 후회
roman: huhoe
lang: Malay
word: penyesalan
lang: Māori
word: kōrehu
lang: Mongolian
word: гэмшил
roman: gemšil
lang: Nepali
word: आत्मग्लानि
roman: ātmaglāni
lang: Norman
word: r'gret
lang: Norwegian
word: beklagelse
lang: Norwegian
word: anger
lang: Old English
word: hrēow
lang: Persian
word: افسوس
roman: afsus
lang: Piedmontese
word: regret
lang: Polish
word: żal
lang: Portuguese
word: pesar
lang: Portuguese
word: arrependimento
lang: Portuguese
word: remorso
lang: Romanian
word: regret
lang: Russian
word: сожале́ние
roman: sožalénije
lang: Sindhi
word: افسوس
roman: āfsos
lang: Slovak
word: ľútosť
lang: Spanish
word: pesar
lang: Spanish
word: arrepentimiento
lang: Spanish
word: compunción
lang: Swahili
word: juto
lang: Swahili
word: sikitiko
lang: Swedish
word: beklagande
lang: Swedish
word: ånger
lang: Telugu
word: విచారం
roman: vicāraṁ
lang: Tocharian B
word: onmiṃ
lang: Tok Pisin
word: belhevi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوگنج
roman: evgenc
lang: Ukrainian
word: жаль
roman: žalʹ
lang: Urdu
word: افسوس
roman: afsos
lang: Welsh
word: gofid
lang: Yiddish
word: באַדויערונג
roman: badoyerung