English adjective: regretful | |||
| 1. | regretful feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone | ||
| Samples | Felt regretful over his vanished youth. Regretful over mistakes she had made. He felt bad about breaking the vase. | ||
| Synonyms | bad, sorry | ||
| See also | penitent, repentant | ||
| Antonyms | unregretful, unregretting | ||