regrettable
regrettable adjective: able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.
Adjective
regrettable (comparative more regrettable, superlative most regrettable)
- Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.
- The officers' actions were regrettable, yes, but there's nothing to be done now but to relocate everyone to the mainland in a calm and orderly manner.
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's...1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5
- Synonyms:
- deplorable, pitiful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable
regrettable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
regrettable in Hindi
- regrettable, causing sadness
- अफ़सोसजनक afsosjanak
- regrettable, causing remorse
- अफ़सोसनाक afsosnāk
regrettable in Tamil
- வருந்தத்தக்க
regrettable in Urdu
- قابل افسوس, قابل مذمت
regrettable in Bengali
- দুর্ভাগ্যজনক, অনুশোচনীয়
More languagesFewer languages
- regrettable in Malayalam
- ഖേദിക്കേണ്ടുന്ന, അനുതാപാർഹമായ, വ്യസനഹേതുകമായ
- regrettable in Kannada
- ಬೇಸರಿಕೆಯ, ವಿಷಾದಕರ, ದುರದೃಷ್ಟಕರ
- regrettable in Thai
- น่าเสียใจ nâa-sǐia-jai, น่าเสียดาย nâa-sǐia-daai
- regrettable in Vietnamese
- đáng tiếc, đáng ân hận
Examples of regrettable in a sentence
- It was a regrettable lapse by a person of otherwise exemplary character.
- I find it regrettable that these events are only in the U.S.
- I see this as a perverse form of intellectual snobism on his part and very regrettable.
Synonyms of regrettable
- deplorable
- pitiful
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- depressing
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- lamentable
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Forms of regrettable
| comparative | more regrettable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most regrettable |
Origin of regrettable
From regret + -able.
Words formed from regrettable
Words that rhyme with regrettable
Questions about regrettable
- What does regrettable mean?
- Regrettable means able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.
- What is regrettable in Hindi?
- Regrettable in Hindi is अफ़सोसजनक (afsosjanak), अफ़सोसनाक (afsosnāk). See Regrettable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is regrettable?
- Regrettable is an adjective.
Words near regrettable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: regrettable (page history and authors); अफ़सोसजनक (Hindi) (page history and authors); regrettable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regrettable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regrettable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regrettable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regrettable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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