REGRETTING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

regretting

verb

present participle of regret

as in lamenting

to feel sorry or dissatisfied about we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you

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Recent Examples of regretting Penn State fans and boosters though, might already be regretting their program's big reset. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Turns out Travis Hunter did it in 2024’s Week 4 and Leonard Fournette in 2014’s Week 2 (before regretting it). — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The two ultimately became estranged, and Thomas later admitted to regretting his actions. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 Magdalen confronts herself in the mirror, neither delighting in her own beauty nor regretting its imminent loss. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs. — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Some employers who replaced workers with Ai are not regretting that decision. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Believe it or not, some people have made the mistake of throwing away old family photos for the sake of organizing only to wind up regretting it! — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 Jamie Dimon chooses his words carefully on AI; Bill Winters may be regretting his. — Angela Cullen, Bloomberg, 21 May 2026

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lamenting

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Next up is a house tour, from the cavernous, all-white living room to a glimpse of the ornate indoor pool, with V lamenting that the place is so huge he sometimes gets lost.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Last week, Gia posted a TikTok lamenting the less glamorous side of WAG life, namely that roster moves keep taking all her friends away.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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