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regret
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 regret
Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment:
— He wrote a note expressing his regret.
synoniemen: rue, ruefulness, sorrow.
Roget 950:
penitence,
contrition,
compunction,
repentance,
remorse;
regret
etc.
833.
self-reproach,
self-reproof,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
self-humiliation;
stings of conscience,
pangs of conscience,
qualms of conscience,
prickings of conscience†,
twinge of conscience,
twitch of conscience,
touch of conscience,
voice of conscience;
compunctious visitings of nature†.
acknowledgment,
confession
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
apology
etc.
952;
recantation
etc.
607;
penance
etc.
952;
resipiscence†.
awakened conscience,
deathbed repentance,
locus paenitentiae [Lat.],
stool of repentance,
cuttystool†.
penitent,
repentant,
Magdalen,
prodigal son,
a sadder and a wiser man"
[Coleridge].
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Roget 833:
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.
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Roget 832:
discontent,
discontentment;
dissatisfaction;
dissent
etc.
489.
disappointment,
mortification;
cold comfort;
regret
etc.
833;
repining,
taking on
etc.
v.;
heart-burning,
heart-grief;
querulousness
etc.
(lamentation)
839;
hypercriticism.
inquietude,
vexation of spirit,
soreness;
worry,
concern,
fear
etc.
860.
[person who is discontented]
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident,
dissenter,
laudator temporis acti [Lat.];
censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder,
murmerer†.
cave of Adullam†,
indignation meeting,
winter of our discontent"
[Henry VI];
with what I most enjoy contented least"
[Shakespeare].
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Nederlands: berouwen, verdrieten, spijten, betreuren, wroeging, berouw, boetvaardigheid, inkeer, spijt
werkwoord
1 regret
Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about.
synoniemen: repent, rue.
Roget 833:
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.
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Roget 832:
be discontented
etc.
adj.;
quarrel with one's bread and butter;
repine;
regret
etc.
833;
wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea;
take on,
take to heart;
shrug the shoulders;
make a wry face,
pull a long face;
knit one's brows;
look blue,
look black,
look black as thunder,
look blank,
look glum.
take in bad part,
take ill;
fret,
chafe,
make a piece of work [Fr.];
grumble,
croak;
lament
etc.
839.
cause discontent
etc.
n.;
dissatisfy,
disappoint,
mortify,
put out,
disconcert;
cut up;
dishearten.
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Roget 950:
repent,
be sorry for;
be penitent
etc.
adj.;
rue;
regret
etc.
833;
think better of;
recant
etc.
607;
knock under
etc.
(submit)
725;
plead guilty;
sing miserere [Lat.],
sing de profundis [Lat.];
cry peccavi;
own oneself in the wrong;
acknowledge,
confess
&c.,
(disclose)
529;
humble oneself;
beg pardon
etc.
(apologize)
952;
turn over a new leaf,
put on the new man,
turn from sin;
reclaim;
repent in sackcloth and ashes
&c.,
(do penance)
952;
learn by experience.
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Nederlands: berouw hebben, spijten, betreuren, bewenen, treuren
2 regret
Feel sad about the loss or absence of.
3 regret
Decline formally or politely.
4 regret
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