Batman vs Regret - What's the difference?
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(military) A servant or valet to an army officer.
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.
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(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
Emotional pain 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.
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* Washington Irving
(obsolete) Dislike; aversion.
As a proper noun batman
is a province in turkey or batman can be a fictional hero of (dc comics) whose name is bruce wayne and who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment and regularly has the assistance of his sidekick robin.As a verb regret is
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.As a noun regret is
emotional pain 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.batman
English
Etymology 1
, from (etyl) bast."batman."Dictionary.com. ''Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
Noun
(batmen)See also
* batty manEtymology 2
From (etyl) batman."batman."Dictionary.com. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 2009.
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Anagrams
* ----regret
English
(wikipedia regret)Verb
(regrett)Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the (-ing) form), except in set phrases with tell, say, and inform, where the to infinitive is used. SeeDerived terms
* regretterNoun
- What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe ?
- Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.
- From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.