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| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset over past action |
| Synonyms: | affliction, anguish, annoyance, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, scruple, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry, apologies, lamentation, regretfulness, ruefulness, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach |
| Notes: | regret carries no explicit admission that one is responsible for an incident, while remorse implies a sense of guilty responsibility and a greater feeling of personal pain and anguish |
| Antonyms: | happiness, satisfaction, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be upset about |
| Synonyms: | apologize, bemoan, bewail, deplore, deprecate, disapprove, grieve, lament, miss, moan, mourn, repent, repine, rue, weep, be disturbed, be sorry for, cry over, cry over spilled milk, feel remorse, feel sorry, feel uneasy, have compunctions, have qualms, kick oneself, look back, weep over |
| Antonyms: | be content, be satisfied |
| Main Entry: | excuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, explanation |
| Synonyms: | alibi, apology, cover*, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, routine, semblance, shift, song*, song and dance*, stall, stopgap*, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash*, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, coverup, jive*, rationalization, regrets, why and wherefore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | be happy, gloat |
| Main Entry: | bewail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry over, lament |
| Synonyms: | bemoan, deplore, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, take on, wail, eat heart out, express sorrow, grieve for, sing the blues, weep over |
| Antonyms: | exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt, be happy, be joyous |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weep and make sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up*, deplore, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl, blub, boohoo*, break down, burst into tears, dissolve in tears, let go, let it all out, mewl, put on the weeps, ring the blues, shed bitter tears, shed tears, turn on waterworks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental upset; displeasure |
| Synonyms: | adversity, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disillusion, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, letdown, mortification, regret, setback, adverse fate, bafflement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, lack of success, nonsuccess, the knocks, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | discontent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissatisfaction |
| Synonyms: | depression, displeasure, envy, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, discontentment, fretfulness |
| Antonyms: | easiness, happiness, patience, pleasure, satisfaction, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be antagonistic toward something; hate |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, avoid, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disfavor, eschew, execrate, loathe, look down on, mind, regret, resent, scorn, shun, antipathize, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, disesteem, disrelish, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, lose interest in, make faces at, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, shudder at |
| Antonyms: | approve, like, love |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, frustration, heartburn, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, malcontent, oppression, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, fretfulness, hopelessness, lamentation, malcontentment, querulousness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bereavement, care, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness, bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, infelicity, lamentation, mournfulness, repining |
| 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: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame; bad conscience over responsibility |
| Synonyms: | contrition, crime, delinquency, dereliction, disgrace, dishonor, error, failing, fault, indiscretion, infamy, iniquity, lapse, liability, malfeasance, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misstep, offense, onus, penitence, regret, remorse, responsibility, shame, sin, slip, solecism, stigma, transgression, wickedness, wrong, answerability, blameworthiness, criminality, culpability, malefaction, peccability, self-condemnation, self-reproach, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | innocence |
| Main Entry: | heartbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental or emotional misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bale, bitterness, care, desolation, despair, distress, grief, heartache, heavy heart*, pain, regret, remorse, rue, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, woe, broken heart, heartsickness |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to mourn or grieve deeply |
| Synonyms: | bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Antonyms: | celebrate, compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
| Synonyms: | ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed*, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time*, wear a long face, yearn |
| Antonyms: | be elated, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sad over loss |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, anguish, bemoan, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob, sorrow, suffer, wail, weep, yearn, be brokenhearted, be sad, long for, take it hard, wear black, wring hands |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyful |
| Main Entry: | penitence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | anguish, attrition, compunction, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sadness, scruple, contriteness, humbling, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | shamelessness |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad situation |
| Synonyms: | bad luck, catastrophe, crime, crisis, disaster, mischance, misfortune, mishap, regret, shame, sin, crying shame |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, good fortune |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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