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regretful

adjective

Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

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Word length
9
Starts with
R
Ends with
L
Contains
EG
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B1

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adjective

  1. Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

    “Felt regretful over his vanished youth”

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Felt regretful over his vanished youth
Regretful over mistakes she had made
He felt bad about breaking the vase

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