Thesaurus / regrets
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synonyms for regrets
- anguish
- annoyance
- apology
- bitterness
- concern
- contrition
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dissatisfaction
- grief
- heartache
- heartbreak
- misgiving
- nostalgia
- qualm
- remorse
- repentance
- sorrow
- uneasiness
- worry
- affliction
- apologies
- care
- compunction
- conscience
- demur
- dole
- lamentation
- pang
- penitence
- ruefulness
- scruple
- self-accusation
- self-condemnation
- self-disgust
- self-reproach
- woe
- regretfulness
- lament
- grieve
- repent
- bemoan
- apologize
- deplore
- moan
- bewail
- deprecate
- repine
- disapprove
- rue
- mourn
- weep
- miss
- be disturbed
- be sorry for
- cry over
- cry over spilled milk
- feel remorse
- feel sorry
- feel uneasy
- have compunctions
- have qualms
- kick oneself
- look back
- weep over
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It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRFrom mere regrets he was passing now, through dismay, into utter repentance of his promise.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINICharles XIV., a man of regrets, spent the remainder of his life buried in the memories of the past.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONIt was a large gathering, a happy occasion, though tinged inevitably with regrets.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWAs for Blaise and Babette, the song says they suffer fond regrets that go on forever.
CHILD LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYANATOLE FRANCEThat evening Bruce vanished from Camford, with the regrets of few except his tailors and his duns.
JULIAN HOMEDEAN FREDERIC W. FARRARI had left college without any sentimental regrets, my head being too full of plans and projects.
THE IDYL OF TWIN FIRESWALTER PRICHARD EATONThere must be no regrets at least for a day so spent; and when the night falls you need ask no blessing on your work.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAnd another group would be laughing and singing, not quite recovered from the means they had taken to drown regrets.
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKINGFILSON YOUNGWhatever regrets came in the darkness, the daylight brought an obstinate confidence in our resolution again.
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WORDS RELATED TO REGRETS
- alibi
- apology
- cleanup
- cop-out
- cover
- cover story
- coverup
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- fish story
- grounds
- jive
- justification
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- pretext
- rationalization
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- song and dance
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- substitute
- subterfuge
- trick
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
- alibis
- apologies
- cleanups
- cop-outs
- cover stories
- covers
- coverups
- defenses
- disguises
- evasions
- expedients
- extenuations
- fish stories
- grounds
- jive
- justifications
- makeshifts
- mitigations
- pleas
- pretexts
- rationalizations
- regrets
- routines
- semblances
- shifts
- song and dances
- songs
- stalls
- stopgaps
- stories
- substitutes
- subterfuges
- tricks
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefores
- abnegation
- ban
- choice
- cold shoulder
- declension
- declination
- defiance
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disfavor
- dissent
- enjoinment
- exclusion
- forbidding
- interdiction
- knockback
- negation
- nix
- no
- nonacceptance
- noncompliance
- nonconsent
- option
- pass
- prohibition
- proscription
- rebuff
- refutation
- regrets
- rejection
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiation
- repulse
- repulsion
- reversal
- thumbs down
- turndown
- veto
- withholding
- writ
- abnegation
- ban
- choice
- cold shoulder
- declension
- declination
- defiance
- denial
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disfavor
- dissent
- enjoinment
- exclusion
- forbidding
- interdiction
- knockback
- negation
- nix
- no
- nonacceptance
- noncompliance
- nonconsent
- option
- pass
- prohibition
- proscription
- rebuff
- refutation
- regrets
- rejection
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiation
- repulse
- repulsion
- reversal
- thumbs down
- veto
- withholding
- writ
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