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re⋅gret⋅ful

  [ri-gret-fuhl]
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–adjective
full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.
Origin:
1640–50; regret + -ful

Related forms:
re⋅gret⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
re⋅gret⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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re·gret·ful   (rĭ-grět'fəl)   
adj.  Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.
re·gret'ful·ly adv., re·gret'ful·ness n.
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Regretful

Re*gret"ful\ (-f?l), a. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : regretful
Spanish: con pesar; con remordimiento,
German: bedauernd,
Japanese: 残念な
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