Definition for Regretful:

• Remembering with distress.

Synonyms for Regretful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • bad,
  • sorry.
  •bad (adjective)
  • sad,
  • woebegone.
  •penitent (adjective)
  • repentant,
  • contrite,
  • Atoning,
  • Self-reproaching.
  •regretful (adjective)
  • mourning,
  • shameful,
  • grieving,
  • sorrowful,
  • lamenting,
  • rueful.

• n.

  •
  • melancholy,
  • miserable,
  • wistful,
  • subdued,
  • unhappy,
  • homesick,
  • bleak.
  •
  • regret.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • penitential.
  •Other relevant words:
  • displeasing,
  • blasted,
  • crestfallen,
  • heartsick,
  • Regretting,
  • out of countenance,
  • Shamefast,
  • self-accusing,
  • unsound,
  • spoilt,
  • baffled,
  • awful,
  • wailing,
  • anguished,
  • embarrassed,
  • pitying,
  • lousy,
  • drab,
  • piteous,
  • diffident,
  • plaintive,
  • aching,
  • shamed,
  • dreadful,
  • speculative,
  • spoiled,
  • unfortunate,
  • risky,
  • tearful,
  • lugubrious,
  • defective,
  • conscience-stricken,
  • dingy,
  • Betrayed,
  • chap-fallen,
  • crossed,
  • foiled,
  • blighted,
  • dark,
  • grim,
  • disillusioned,
  • Bemoaning,
  • Bewailing,
  • Deploring,
  • dreary,
  • distressed,
  • no-account,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • dolorous,
  • doleful,
  • mournful,
  • afraid,
  • uncollectible,
  • disconsolate,
  • disappointed,
  • rotten,
  • pensive,
  • gloomy,
  • woeful,
  • unlucky,
  • grief-stricken,
  • thwarted,
  • defeated,
  • adverse,
  • forged,
  • good-for-naught,
  • self-flagellating,
  • hangdog,
  • dismal,
  • balked,
  • reflective,
  • wretched,
  • ruthful,
  • crushed,
  • tough,
  • downcast,
  • mortified,
  • dished,
  • thoughtful,
  • plangent,
  • distressing,
  • no-good,
  • Bilked,
  • meritless,
  • high-risk,
  • pathetic,
  • dejected,
  • soured,
  • repining,
  • blue,
  • upset,
  • beastly,
  • anxious,
  • weeping,
  • ill-served,
  • Broken-hearted,
  • heavy-hearted,
  • red-faced,
  • big,
  • terrible,
  • Dolesome,
  • bitter,
  • agonized,
  • depressed,
  • black,
  • inconsolable,
  • chapfallen,
  • pitiful,
  • humble,
  • contemplative,
  • penitentiary,
  • in the doldrums,
  • dissatisfied,
  • let down,
  • frustrated,
  • funeral,
  • unfit,
  • humbled,
  • disheartened,
  • dispirited,
  • dashed,
  • humiliated,
  • deplorable,
  • no-count,
  • cheerless,
  • conscience-smitten,
  • heartbroken,
  • sheepish,
  • drear.

Paraphrases for Regretful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    regrettable.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    disappointed, disgraceful, pathetic, depressing, annoying.
  • Adverb
    regrettably, unfortunately.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unfortunate, lamentable, distressing, deplorable, sad, disappointing, pitiful.
  • Adverb
    regretfully.

Antonyms for Regretful:

• adj.

  • all
    unregretful.
  • sad, sorry
    defiant, content, not guilty, satisfied.
  • Other antonyms:
    encouraging, rhapsodic, exulting, elated, impenitent, cruel, rapturous, jocund, hopeful, merry, blithe, joyous, compassionless, happy, bright, jolly, pitiless, heady, rejoicing, unapologetic, exhilarated, ecstatic, ruthless, cheery, lighthearted, optimistic, merciless, cheerful, giddy, smiling, delighted, mirthful, euphoric, unmerciful, cheering, laughing, triumphant, blithesome, blissful, buoyant, joyful.

Homophones for Regretful:

• regrettable, regrettably, regardful.