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Regrettable vs Infelicitous - What's the difference?

regrettable | infelicitous |

As adjectives the difference between regrettable and infelicitous

is that regrettable is of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret while infelicitous is unhappy or unfortunate.

regrettable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.
    • His painting his name of my car was more than regrettable , it was criminal.
    It was regrettable that the teacher made the class retake the test when he was wrong about the answers.

    Related terms

    * * regret * regrettably * regretter * regretful * regretfulness * regretfully

    See also

    * pitiful

    infelicitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unhappy or unfortunate.
  • * 1973 , , "A Boy's Dog" in Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Sketches :
    • If leading a "dog's life" be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys' Dog is still more infelicitous .
  • Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
  • * 1909 , , Ridgway of Montana , ch. 24:
    • "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * infelicitously * infelicitousness