What does regretfulness mean?
Regretfulness means The state or condition of being regretful..
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/ɹɪˈɡɹɛtfəlnɪs/ · noun
The state or condition of being regretful..
Mervyn thought that he could detect a certain regretfulness in his companion's voice.
“I’ll do what I can, monsieur,” he said, jingling the money. “But if there’s to be fighting, the Fleece will lose its good repute forever.” Mornay and Cornbury both laughed at the long face and hollow note of virtuous regretfulness and resignation in his voice.
A desolating sense of loneliness kept driving him into the city's noisier and more crowded drinking-places, where, under the lash of alcohol, he was able to wear down his hot ache of deprivation into a dim and dreary regretfulness.
Use regretfulness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Regretfulness means The state or condition of being regretful..
Common synonyms include regret, ruefulness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Mervyn thought that he could detect a certain regretfulness in his companion's voice.
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