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regretful
adjective
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Divide regretful into syllables:

re · gret · ful

How to pronounce regretful:

Definition of regretful:

regretful (adjective):
showing or expressing regret
full of regret feeling or expressing regret
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.

Synonyms for regretful:

aching
agonized
anguished
apologetic
ashamed
bemoaning
bewailing
bitter
bleak
contrite
crying
dark
deploring
depressed
disappointed
doleful
dolorous
funeral
funereal
grieving
heartbroken
lamentable
lugubrious
melancholy
morbid
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