| Main Entry: | rue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret |
Synonyms: |
apologize, be sorry for, cry over, deplore, feel remorse, feel sorry, grieve, kick oneself, lament, mourn, weep over |
| Main Entry: | anguish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe upset or pain |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace |
| Main Entry: | bemoan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express sorrow |
Synonyms: |
beat one's breast, bewail, complain, cry over spilled milk, deplore, grieve for, lament, moan over, mourn, regret, rue, sing the blues, weep for |
| Notes: | bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself |
Antonyms: |
be happy, gloat |
| Main Entry: | bewail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry over, lament |
Synonyms: |
bemoan, deplore, eat heart out, express sorrow, grieve for, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, sing the blues, take on, wail, weep over |
Antonyms: |
be happy, be joyous, exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt |
| Main Entry: | compunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret, sorrow |
Synonyms: |
attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, penitency, pity, punctiliousness, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, second thoughts, shame, stab of conscience, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
defiance, meanness, no remorse |
| Main Entry: | contrition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret |
Synonyms: |
attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorrow |
Antonyms: |
hurtfulness, indifference, meanness |
| Main Entry: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
Synonyms: |
abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
Antonyms: |
approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, infelicity, lamentation, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mournfulness, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, repining, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | grieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mourn, feel deep distress |
Synonyms: |
ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river, deplore, eat one's heart out, endure, hang crepe, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues, sorrow, suffer, take it hard, wail, weep |
Antonyms: |
be glad, be happy |
| Main Entry: | heartbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental or emotional misery |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, anguish, bale, bitterness, broken heart, care, desolation, despair, distress, grief, heartache, heartsickness, heavy heart, pain, regret, remorse, rue, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, woe |
Antonyms: |
happiness, joy, love |