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Regretted vs Remorseful - What's the difference?

regretted | remorseful |

As a verb regretted

is past participle of regret.

As an adjective remorseful is

feeling or filled with remorse.

regretted

English

Verb

(head)

    • remorseful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    • He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  • Expressing or caused by remorse.
    • There was a remorseful look on her face.

    Synonyms

    * penitent * apologetic * regretful *

    Antonyms

    * unremorseful * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * remorse * remorsefully * remorsefulness

    References

    * * * " remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007. * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.