English-Lithuanian translations for regret

• gailestis
• gailėtis
  Šeima vėl kartu - mes neturėtume gailėtis. The family is back together; we should not regret that.
  Aš tik tikiuosi, kad mes neturėsime gailėtis dėl sprendimo, priimto Kosovo atžvilgiu. I only hope that we will not live to regret the decision we have taken with respect to Kosovo.
  Ko Europos Komisija imsis šiuo klausimu, kad įvykus avarijai mums netektų gailėtis prarasto laiko? What will the European Commission do on this matter so that we will not regret the wasted time when a disaster occurs?

Definition of regret

• To feel sorry about , afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead
• To feel sorry about (any thing
• To miss; to feel the loss or absence of
• 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
• Dislike; aversion

Examples

• He regretted his words
• I regret that I have to do this, but I dont have a choice

Related words

• regrettably
• regretted
• regrettable
• regretful
• regretfully
• unregretful
• regret something deeply
• live to regret
• with regret