Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section II. Personal Affections
1. Passive Affections
833. Regret.
NOUN:
REGRET, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays [F.], maladie du pays [F.]; lamentation [See Lamentation]; penitence [See Penitence].
BITTERNESS, heartburning. laudator temporis acti [L.] (discontent) [See Discontent].
VERB:
REGRET, deplore; bewail (lament) [See Lamentation]; repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent [See Penitence]; infandum renovare dolorem [L.].
prey -, weigh -, have a weight- on the mind; leave an aching void.
ADJECTIVE:
REGRETTING &c. v.; regretful; homesick.
REGRETTED &c. v.; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable (bad) [See Badness].
INTERJECTION:
what a pity! hang it or hang it all! [colloq.].
QUOTATIONS:
’tis true ’tis pity; And pity ’tis ’tis true.—Hamlet
‘sigh’d and look’d and sigh’d again.—Dryden
Bombazine would have shown a deeper sense of her loss.—Gaskell
I am a lone, lorn creetur’ and every think goes contrairy with me.—Mrs. Gummidge, in David Copperfield
