English-Thai Dictionary

regretful

ADJ น่าเสียใจ  na0sia-jai

 

regretfully

ADV อย่าง ผิดหวัง  yang-pid-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REGRETFUL

a.Full of regret.

 

REGRETFULLY

adv. With regret.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REGRETFUL

REGRETFUL Re *gret "ful (-fl ), a.

 

Defn: Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re *gret "ful *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

regretful

re gret ful |riˈgretfəl rəˈɡrɛtfəl | ▶adjective feeling or showing regret: he sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself. DERIVATIVES re gret ful ness noun

 

regretfully

re gret ful ly |riˈgretfəlē rəˈɡrɛtfəli | ▶adverb in a regretful manner. • [ sentence adverb ] regrettably: regretfully, mounting costs and diminishing traffic forced the line to close. usage: The adjectives regretful and regrettable are distinct in meaning: regretful means ‘feeling or showing regret ’ ( she shook her head with a regretful smile ), while regrettable means ‘giving rise to regret, undesirable ’ ( the loss of jobs is regrettable ).The adverbs regretfully and regrettably have not, however, preserved the same distinction. Regretfully is used as a normal manner adverb to mean ‘in a regretful manner ’ ( he sighed regretfully ), but it is also used as a sentence adverb meaning ‘it is regrettable that ’ ( regretfully, the trustees must turn down your request ). In this latter use it is synonymous with regrettably. Despite objections from traditionalists, this use is now well established and is included in most modern dictionaries without comment. See also usage at hopefully and sentence adverb .

 

Oxford Dictionary

regretful

re ¦gret |ful |rɪˈgrɛtfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective feeling or showing regret: he sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself. DERIVATIVES regretfulness noun

 

regretfully

re ¦gret |ful ¦ly |rɪˈɡrɛtfəli | ▶adverb in a regretful manner. • [ sentence adverb ] it is regrettable that: regretfully, mounting costs forced the branch to close. usage: The adjectives regretful and regrettable are distinct in meaning: regretful means ‘feeling or showing regret ’, as in she shook her head with a regretful smile, while regrettable means ‘giving rise to regret; undesirable ’, as in the loss of jobs is regrettable . The adverbs regretfully and regrettably have not, however, preserved the same distinction. Regretfully is used as a normal adverb to mean ‘in a regretful manner ’ ( he sighed regretfully ), but it is also used as a sentence adverb meaning ‘it is regrettable that ’ ( regretfully, mounting costs forced the branch to close ). In this latter use it is synonymous with regrettably. Despite objections from traditionalists, this use is now well established and is included in most modern dictionaries without comment.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

regretful

regretful adjective when your abandoned children grow up, will they care that you claim to be regretful? sorry, remorseful, contrite, repentant, rueful, penitent, conscience-stricken, apologetic, guilt-ridden, ashamed, shamefaced. ANTONYMS unrepentant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

regretful

regretful adjective 1 she sounded genuinely regretful: sorry, remorseful, contrite, repentant, rueful, penitent, conscience-stricken, apologetic, abject, guilty, guilt-ridden, ashamed, shamefaced, sheepish, in sackcloth and ashes, afraid; rare compunctious. ANTONYMS unrepentant. 2 there was no time to feel regretful when Greg and his family left: sad, unhappy, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, miserable, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen; informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps. ANTONYMS glad.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

regretful

re gret ful /rɪɡrétf (ə )l /形容詞 1 〈人が 〉 «…を » 後悔している «for, about » ; «…なのは » 残念な, くやしい «that 節 » .2 惜しがっている, 名残り惜しげな ; 遺憾の意を表する .～ness 名詞

 

regretfully

re gr é t ful ly 副詞 残念そうに ; 悔やんで ; ｟かたく ｠〖文修飾 〗残念ながら (!この意味ではregrettablyが普通 ) .