regretfuladjective
uk/rɪˈɡret.fəl/us/rɪˈɡret.fəl/showing that you feel sorry about something:
a regretful goodbye/glance/smile
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Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- lament
- melancholy
- mourn
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
- sadly
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regretfully
adverb uk/rɪˈɡret.fəl.i/us/rɪˈɡret.fəl.i/