Regretful
[rɪ'gretfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [rɪ'ɡrɛtfl]
Definition
(adj.) feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; 'felt regretful over his vanished youth'; 'regretful over mistakes she had made'; 'he felt bad about breaking the vase' .
Checked by Balder--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- There was another sound in her weeping--a softer, more regretful sound. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I continued also the wish to be with you, and experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing us. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is regretful, Karkov had said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He spoke in a regretful tone so new to me that I inwardly repeated, as if that would help me to his meaning, That I could readily understand! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Ozzie