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Regrettable synonyms

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unfortunate
Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
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  1. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
  2. Not suitable or successful
  3. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:
deplorable
Wretched; bad:
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  1. Wretched; bad:
  2. Lamentable; woeful:
  3. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
lamentable
(Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
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  1. (Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
  2. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
  3. To be lamented; grievous; deplorable; distressing
pitiful
Inspiring or deserving pity.
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  1. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  2. (Now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
  3. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
deplorable
Wretched; bad:
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  1. Wretched; bad:
  2. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
  3. That can or should be deplored; regrettable, wretched, very bad, etc.
doleful
Causing grief:
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  1. Causing grief:
  2. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  3. Full of or causing sorrow or sadness; mournful; melancholy
dolorous
(Archaic) Painful
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  1. (Archaic) Painful
  2. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  3. Very sorrowful or sad; mournful
grievous
Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe
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  1. Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe
  2. Showing or characterized by grief
  3. Serious or dire; grave:
lamentable
(Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
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  1. (Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
  2. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
  3. To be lamented; grievous; deplorable; distressing
mournful
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
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  1. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
  2. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  3. Of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow
rueful
Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
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  1. Feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
  2. Inspiring pity or compassion.
  3. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret:
sad
(Informal) Very bad; deplorable
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  1. (Informal) Very bad; deplorable
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
sorrowful
Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  3. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
woeful
Deplorably bad:
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  1. Deplorably bad:
  2. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  3. Pitiful; wretched; miserable
Find another word for regrettable. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for regrettable, like: unfortunate, deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, unfavorable, deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable and mournful.

Sentence Examples

  • Your view of life is a regrettable delusion.

  • Nevertheless, his record here was not clear of blots, showing a few regrettable inconsistencies.

  • His nepotism, again, casts a dark shadow over his memory: but most regrettable of all was his indifference towards the ending of the schism.

  • The governor in these years (1865-1868) was a Republican, the caster of the single Union vote in the convention of 1861; but the sixteenth legislature (1866-1867) was largely Democratic. It undertook to determine the rights of persons of African descent, and regrettable conflicts followed.

  • The resulting reaction caused a regrettable loss of life in the Madras and Bombay famine of 1876-1878; and the Famine Commission of 1880, followed by those of 1898 and 1901, laid down the principle that every possible life must be saved, but that the wages on relief works must be so regulated in relation to the market rate of wages as not to undermine the independence of the people.

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