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Antonyms for regretting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-gret
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈgrɛt


Definition of regretting

Origin :
  • "to look back with distress or sorrowful longing; to grieve for on remembering," late 14c., from Old French regreter "long after, bewail, lament someone's death; ask the help of" (Modern French regretter), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + -greter, possibly from Frankish or some other Germanic source (cf. Old English grætan "to weep;" Old Norse grata "to weep, groan"), from Proto-Germanic *gretan "weep." "Not found in other Romance languages, and variously explained" [Century Dictionary].
  • Related: Regretted; regretting. Replaced Old English ofþyncan, from of- "off, away," here denoting opposition, + þyncan "seem, seem fit" (as in methinks).
  • verb be upset about
Example sentences :
  • I gave way to my despair, regretting that I had let him go away.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • But as it has gone so far, and it is necessary for us to act, it is of no use shrinking or regretting.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Ever since he had been a master-printer on his own account, he had been regretting the fact.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • At every hour, he had to listen to his wife praising and regretting her first husband.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • You will be regretting by now that you did not kill me too, as I invited you on that occasion.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It was the castle-building of that time that I was regretting.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The Liberal party had been regretting their loss of opportunity in 1870.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • Stephen, regretting that he had begun, since a volcano might be the consequence, was obliged to go on.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • We have had our time for regretting the loss of men of genius during the war.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • Have you pocketed it, regretting your lapse into the unaccustomed paths of generosity?
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

Synonyms for regretting

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