| 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: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be upset about |
Synonyms: |
apologize, be disturbed, be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, cry over, cry over spilled milk, deplore, deprecate, disapprove, feel remorse, feel sorry, feel uneasy, grieve, have compunctions, have qualms, kick oneself, lament, look back, miss, moan, mourn, repent, repine, rue, weep, weep over |
| 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: |
be content, be satisfied |
| 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: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
contrite, homesick, lamentable, languorous, much to be regretted, oikotropic, regretful, regrettable, regretted, regretting
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| Concept: | Regret. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; maldu pays, maladie; lamentation; penitence., bitterness, heartburning., laudator temporis acti (discontent).
-verbs
regret, deplore; bewail (lament); repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent; infandum renovare dolorem., prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void.
-adjectives
regretting; regretful; homesick., regretted; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable (bad).
-phrases
'tis pity, 'tis too true; "sig'd and look'd and sigh'd again" [Dryden].
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