- Types Of Speech
- You can use regret as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Regret
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters e, g, r, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters gr. Regret starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, reg, regr, regre, and the ending characters are t, et, ret, gret, egret, ..
- Definition
- Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Scrabble
- Is regret a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Regret in Pig Latin is said as "egretray or egretrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | g | r | e | t
- Bigram
- re | eg | gr | re | et
- Trigram
- reg | egr | gre | ret
- Quadrigram
- regr | egre | gret
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
"he drank to drown his sorrows";
"he wrote a note expressing his regret";
"to his rue, the error cost him the game"
- Verb Examples
- be sorry;
"I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" - decline formally or politely;
"I regret I can't come to the party" - feel remorse for;
feel sorry for;
be contrite about - feel sad about the loss or absence of
Synonym | Definition |
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Abject Apology | |
Acerbity | a sharp and bitter manner |
Acknowledgement | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
Acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
Acrimony | a sharp and bitter manner |
Affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress |
Anguish | extreme mental distress |
Apologies | |
Apology | a poor example "it was an apology for a meal" "a poor excuse for an automobile" |
Attrition | the act of rubbing together wearing something down by friction |
View all cognitive synonyms for Regret
Anagram | Definition |
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Regret | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment "he drank to drown his sorrows" "he wrote a note expressing his regret" "to his rue, the error cost him the game" |
View English words with the unique letters used in regret. Words With The Letters Egrt
Word | Definition |
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Grieve | feel grief eat one''s heart out |
Regret | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment "he drank to drown his sorrows" "he wrote a note expressing his regret" "to his rue, the error cost him the game" |
Repent | feel remorse for feel sorry for be contrite about |
Rue | (French) a street or road in France |
Sorrow | something that causes great unhappiness "her death was a great grief to John" |
Word | Definition |
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Sadness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
Unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
Word | Definition |
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Attrition | the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction |
Compunction | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) |
Contriteness | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
Contrition | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
Remorse | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) |
Self Reproach |
Title | Type | Description |
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Negative Feelings | Describe regret | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Trudge (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +2 | trudge | ||
Cartage (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +4 | cartage | ||
Egret (5 letters) | 6 | 7 | geret | ||
Egretta (7 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | arettge | ||
True Bug (8 letters) | |||||
Drugget (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 13 +5 | deggrtu | ||
Etagere (7 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | aeeegrt | ||
Gadgetry (8 letters) | 14 +7 | 15 +7 | gadgetry | ||
Garter (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | aegrrt | ||
Graduate (8 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +4 | graduate | ||
Grate (5 letters) | 6 | 7 | great | ||
Grater (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | aegrrt | ||
Gutter (6 letters) | 7 | 9 +1 | gutter | ||
Garret (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | aegrrt | ||
Target (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | aegrtt | ||
Tuareg (6 letters) | 7 | 9 +1 | argute | ||
Tragedy (7 letters) | 12 +5 | 12 +4 | tragedy | ||
Regatta (7 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | regatta | ||
Regret (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | regret | ||
Begetter (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 13 +5 | begetter | ||
Greeter (7 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | greeter | ||
Tugger (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 11 +3 | tugger | ||
Trudger (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +3 | trudger | ||
Egbert (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +3 | egbert | ||
Garget (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +2 | garget |
Regret Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters