regret in Malay
sesal
/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/
regret in Malay: sesal, penyesalan. In English, regret means to feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
Malay words for regret
- feel sorry about some past thing
- sesal
- to feel sorry about anything
- sesal
- instance of such an emotion
- penyesalan
English meaning of regret
- verb To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- verb To feel sorry about (any thing).
- verb To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
- noun Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
regret in a sentence
- He regretted his words.
- I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese.
- I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
Synonyms of regret
regret in other languages
- regret in Hindi
- regret in Tamil
- regret in Marathi
- regret in Urdu
- regret in Bengali
- regret in Telugu
- regret in Malayalam
- regret in Kannada
- regret in Punjabi
- regret in Gujarati
- regret in Odia
- regret in Sanskrit
- regret in Assamese
- regret in Nepali
- regret in Arabic
- regret in Indonesian
- regret in Persian
- regret in Thai
- regret in Vietnamese
Questions about regret in Malay
- What is the meaning of regret in Malay?
- Regret in Malay is sesal, penyesalan.
- Apakah maksud regret dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Regret: sesal, penyesalan.
- What does regret mean in English?
- Regret means to feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
Source and license
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