noun
definition
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.
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Dislike; aversion.
verb
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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.
example
He regretted his words.
definition
(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
example
I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
definition
To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
Examples of regret in a Sentence
His quiet regret made her uneasy.
He looked at her, a penetrating stare that made her again regret drawing his attention.
Was that regret she saw in his eyes?
We've all done things we regret later.
Regret sat in his stomach.
You won't regret it.
You want me to say I regret what I did to you.
Martha was quick to brush off his regret, telling him it was a fun exercise.
Did she ever regret going back to her husband?
As for regret, she would feel worse about hurting Alex.
Before you do something you'll regret, why don't you take some time off and relax?
A tingle of regret rose from his quiet thoughts.
To the great regret of myself and of the whole army it is still uncertain whether he is alive or not.
My only regret is that it resulted in the loss of one of my dearest friends, Mr. Anagnos.
He didn't expect the sight of his necklace dangling in the center of her chest to fill him with anything other than regret or dread.
He didn't regret what he had done, even if it plunged his war-beleaguered people into another war.
If you don't take the next step down that path, you'll likely regret the outcome.
I think a few years from now or twenty years from now I'll wish I had children, but I don't think I'll ever regret marrying Alex.
He'd lost the air of indecision and regret, trading it for acceptance and resolve.
Dean did feel a pang of regret at not having confronted Joseph Dawkins on one important matter.
He felt heaviness sink to the pit of his stomach, and regret trickled through him.
In Gabriel's mind, he'd already killed her, or he wouldn't have looked at her with regret instead of pity.
If I suggested any improvement in his mode of life, he merely answered, without expressing any regret, that it was too late.
Cold fury replaced the regret, and he knew he'd do anything to keep her from danger.
I just hope you never regret marrying me.
They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect.
Regret turned to sorrow, and Rhyn gazed around him.
Despite the bitter words, there was regret on Wynn's face.
With some regret, Gabe crushed the gem in his hand.
Kris's chamber was a burnt-out hull, and he lingered for a moment, regret in his belly.
But not even in the worst of times did they ever regret for a moment abandoning their life in the East for this quiet mountain hamlet they now called home and their sometimes hectic life of running a country inn.
Her only regret in leaving everything behind was not bringing Jack with her.
He was, however, preparing to go away and it had not entered his head to regret that he was thus depriving himself of chances of meeting her.
If they didn't try to make this work he would regret it forever.
I do so regret having come here....
With some regret, he rolled off her and padded to the bathroom, feeling her eyes on him.
Evelyn had little regret for her actions in life, even those she probably should have.
I don't regret it, Rhyn. You've had the deck stacked against you. The least I could do was give you a second chance.
But that one word expressed an entreaty, a threat, and above all conviction that she would herself regret her words.
He sought in himself either remorse for having angered his father or regret at leaving home for the first time in his life on bad terms with him, and was horrified to find neither.
Maybe she would regret it later, but it was something she had wanted to know for a long time.
How do you think it feels to live with the regret that stems from having done something beyond reparation to someone as beautiful as she is in this life?
I am not going to let you do something you will regret forever.
Had she really changed or would she regret this marriage after the new wore off of their relationship?
Still there is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end.
Watching the house on the hill from the kitchen window, she knew a moment of regret when his lean silhouette disappeared into his house.
But I know I would regret it bitterly if I didn't marry you because of that.
I wondered if he'd regret leaving his job and family, but he seems to have adjusted well.
The father died young, and never inspired love or much regret in his son; but in spite of wide differences of opinion, tender affection always subsisted between William Godwin and his mother, until her death at an advanced age.
Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst.