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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word regretful:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. regretful: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. regretful: Merriam-Webster
  3. regretful: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. regretful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. regretful: Collins English Dictionary
  6. regretful: Vocabulary.com
  7. Regretful, regretful: Wordnik
  8. regretful: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. regretful: Wiktionary
  10. regretful: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. regretful: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Regretful, regretful: Dictionary.com
  13. regretful: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Regretful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. regretful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. regretful: Rhymezone
  17. Regretful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. regretful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. regretful: FreeDictionary.org
  20. regretful: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. regretful: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. regretful: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. regretful: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
▸ adjective:  Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

Similar:
sorry, anguishful, feelingful, grudgeful, griefy, resentful, pangful, disgustful, painfilled, worryful, more...

Opposite:
unregretful, unremorseful, unrepentant

Types:
contrite, remorseful, penitent, self-reproachful, compunctious, more...

Phrases:
not regretful, regretful person, regretful smile, something regretful, regretful miss of song, more...



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Similar:
sorry, anguishful, feelingful, grudgeful, griefy, resentful, pangful, disgustful, painfilled, worryful, more...

Opposite:
unregretful, unremorseful, unrepentant

Types:
contrite, remorseful, penitent, self-reproachful, compunctious, more...

Phrases:
not regretful, regretful person, regretful smile, something regretful, regretful miss of song, saddening regretful, feeling regretful, regretful but determined, more...



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