Past tense of regret
regular verb
The past tense of regret is regretted. The past participle is also regretted.
Forms of regret
| Base form (V1) | regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | regretted /ɹɪˈɡɹɛtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | regretted /ɹɪˈɡɹɛtɪd/ |
| Present participle | regretting |
| Third person singular | regrets |
Regretted in a sentence
- He regretted his words.
- They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.
- He regretted focusing on his career to the exclusion of his family.From the entry career
- The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.From the entry wassail
- In the end, he regretted only the words left unspoken and the dreams left undreamt.From the entry undreamt
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.
Questions about the past tense of regret
- What is the past tense of regret?
- The past tense of regret is regretted.
- What is the past participle of regret?
- The past participle of regret is regretted.
- Is regret a regular or irregular verb?
- Regret is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: regret (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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