Word Meanings - REGRETFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.

Related words: (words related to REGRETFUL)

• REPINER
  One who repines.
• INDULGEMENT
  Indulgence. Wood.
• REGRETFUL
  Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.
• INDULGENCE
  Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of
• INDULGENTLY
  In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.
• REPININGLY
  With repening or murmuring.
• INDULGER
  One who indulges. W. Montagu.
• REGRET
  1. Pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some
• INDULGENCY
  Indulgence. Dryden.
• REPINE
  1. To fail; to wane. "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser. 2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What
• INDULGENTIAL
  Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Brevint.
• INDULGE
  equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs 1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth,
• INDULGIATE
  To indulge. Sandys.
• INDULGENT
  Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak. The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller. The
• SELF-INDULGENCE
  Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
• SELF-INDULGENT
  Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.