Regret
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To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with asense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (thehappening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; toregret lost opportunities or friends.Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, orthere 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 violentlytaken. Macaulay.
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A feeling often accompanied by sadness, shame, and guilt; regret is when you wish you had done things differently in your past.
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the feeling you feel when you've just done something you wish you haven't. you would give anything just to turn back the hands of time and correct your mistakes, but it's already too late.
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The most painful thing one can ever experience...
The feeling of doing something that you wish you had never done. Feeling regret, you would do anything to turn back the hands of time... Or die to get away...
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When you've done something you wish you hadn't, or hadn't done something you wish you had.
To argue which is worse is an exercise in futility; for the weight of their pain is subjective: the falling out of a friendship because of an unbridled tongue, the loss of the one you love because you didn't speak up, someone committing suicide because of something you'd said. The pain is there, festering; gnawing at your soul; relentlessly reminding you of its reason for existing: yourself. There's no one else you can blame; for there is no one else TO blame. All you can do is bear this burden, because it is a burden you've forced yourself to bear. And you do so willingly- subconsciously seeing it as penance for your sins.
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What you usually feel while waking up with hang-over and a sasquatch by your side.
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Regret is wishing you had said something when you had the chance.
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A group or gathering of ghosts; attributed to Christopher Moore, author. First Known Use: 2015, First sentence, Chapter 6, Second Hand Souls
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Feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity)
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sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
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feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
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decline formally or politely
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To feel sorry about (any thing).
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Prior has used it in the plural; but, I believe, without authority.
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pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction
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express with regret
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