Roget's Thesaurus

#833. Regret

Nouns

regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays, maladie [Fr.]; lamentation etc. 839; penitence etc. 950. bitterness, heartburning. recrimination (accusation) 938. laudator temporis acti [Lat.] etc. (discontent) 832.

Verbs

regret, deplore; bewail etc. (lament) 839; repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent etc. 950; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]. prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void.

Adjectives

regretting etc. v.; regretful; homesick. regretted etc. v.; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable etc. (bad) 649.

Adverbs

regrettably, unfortunately; most unfortunately.

Interjections

alas!; what a pity!, hang it!

Phrases

'tis pity [Contr.], 'tis too true [Contr.]; sigh'd and look'd and sigh'd again [Dryden]; I'm sorry."