regret

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
2. (broadly) To feel sorry about (any thing).
3. (archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Dislike; aversion.
3. (countable, uncountable) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
4. (countable, uncountable) A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee.

Sinonieme

sorrow

repent

remorse

rue

be sorry

repentance

sorry

grieve

feel sorrow

feel sorry

lament

deplore

compunction

mourn

disappointment

reluctance

grief

be sad

be sorrowful

be sorry about

feel remorse

repent of

contrition

sadness

pity

penitence

miss

anguish

bewail

begrudge

resent

ruefulness

remorseful

pain

feel sad

sorrowfulness

woe

be grieved

complaint

complain

unhappiness

dissatisfaction

yearn for

be depressed

clean

chagrin

pine away

attachment

lamentation

bitterness

Vertalings

regret

regretter

bedauern

lamentar

bereuen

Bedauern

sentir

Reue

repentir

pentirsi

betreuren

rimpiangere

rimpianto

spijt

arrepentirse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: regretten

Verwante met Old High German: grāzan

Verwante met Old English: grǣtan

Verwante met Old English: grēotan

Verwante met Old Norse: gráta

Verwante met Goties: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.