Crossword clues for regretted
regretted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regret \Re*gret"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]t
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See Greet to lament.] To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear.
--Pope.In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
--Macaulay.Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of regret English)
WordNet
v. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, rue]
feel sad about the loss or absence of
decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
[also: regretting, regretted]
n. 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" [syn: sorrow, rue, ruefulness]
[also: regretting, regretted]
See regret
Usage examples of "regretted".
I have always regretted that a prejudice, of which I soon got rid, should have made me preserve for that man a flower which I could have plucked so easily.
I wished for nothing but to make my escape, never to return, and I regretted that I could not throw on the table a handful of ducats, which I should have considered the price of my ransom.
Manzoni informed me one day that the celebrated Juliette wished to see me, and regretted much that I had ceased to visit her.
I regretted having done so, for the courtier went to her, and of course informed her of what I had said.
I was extravagant by taste, and I always regretted the money I had spent, unless it had been won at the gaming-table, for it was only in that case that the money had, in my opinion, cost me nothing.
I was delighted to have seen the famous captain who had conquered Bergen-op-Zoom, but I regretted that such a man should be compelled to give an answer about a fricassee of chickens in the serious tone of a judge pronouncing a sentence of death.
My dear Baret having made me waste a score of louis, which her poor husband would have regretted much more than myself, we got into the carriage again, and I took her to the church door from which we had started.
My heart was beating quickly, but seeing that it was a man I avoided him, and regretted not having brought my pistols.
I can assure you that in the lagunes, with death staring me in the face, I regretted no one but you, nothing but having outraged you.
She then praised highly the beauty and the excellent qualities of her pupil, saying that, if I saw her, I would certainly fall in love with her, and expressing how much she regretted that the law should not allow it.
He regretted, that at a period so critical, she must part with her mother, with whom again he now determined to consult.
Westwyn was a perfectly natural man, and only thinking her manners disagreeable, without suspecting her intention, took but little notice of her, from the time he saw she could give him no pleasure: while with the young party, he was so much delighted, that he seriously regretted he had only one son to offer amongst them.
Bitterly he regretted he had ever suffered her to leave his roof, though he would not now force her stay.
Claire asked, thinking Phillipa regretted not being more patient with Germaine.
It was always after the fact, as now, that she regretted being so bold.