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regretful

/ri-gret-fuhl/US // rɪˈgrɛt fəl //

遗憾的是,遗憾,遗憾的,令人遗憾的是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.

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Examples

  • Vasquez retired last August and the city is in the midst of finding a new, permanent police chief – a process Weber said she is regretful she will no longer be a part of.

  • It’s really easy to let go and get caught up in the moment, which could prompt you to post something regretful when you know it’s going to disappear in 24 hours.

  • They were “regretful and embarrassed,” they said, that they didn’t previously take into account the Antebellum South’s associations with the pre-Civil War slavery era.

  • I feel lucky but also regretful that my anticipated long day in the woods is over, with plenty of processing work ahead.

  • It can rate your typing with qualifiers such as “accusatory,” “formal,” “encouraging,” or “regretful.”

  • Neither did I feel either regretful about asking them to do something or grateful to them in advance for doing it.

  • Is he truly regretful, or is that just the funniest thing to say about all that?

  • The farmer watched her as she came up, and a deep regretful sigh burst from his lips.

  • If my request is tiresome, do not hesitate to refuse; I shall be regretful, but not offended.

  • Am feeling very sad, rather regretful—think what a nice man my lawyer is.

  • For a year he exchanges regretful sighs with this other, and the money goes, and the hate increases, and she writes to him.

  • When she reached her home again a flood of regretful sorrow overwhelmed her heart, and she wept bitterly.