regretful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
    sorry; bad.
    • felt regretful over his vanished youth
    • regretful over mistakes she had made
    • he felt bad about breaking the vase

WordNet


Re*gret"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.

Webster 1913