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| apologetic |
expressing or wanting to express regret, as for an error or an offense. |
| pity |
that which is a cause for sorrow or regret. [1/3 definitions] |
| regret |
When you regret something, you feel bad that you did it and you wish that you hadn't done it. [3 definitions] |
| shame |
When we say something is "a shame," we mean that it is a very disappointing thing. It is something to feel bad about or regret. We often say that losing something or wasting something is a shame. We often say "What a shame!" or "That's a shame!" when someone tells us about something very disappointing or when we feel that something was a sad loss or waste. [1/5 definitions] |
| sorry |
feeling regret, sympathy, or sadness. [2/4 definitions] |
| unfortunate |
causing regret; sorry. [1/3 definitions] |
| wretched |
If you feel wretched, you feel extremely unhappy. Sometimes you feel wretched because something very unlucky happened to you, but sometimes you feel wretched because you did something that you really regret now. [1/4 definitions] |
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