I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , bitter , deep , genuine , great , profound , real , sincere
▪
Her biggest ~ was that she had never had children.
▪
She expressed deep ~ at the incident.
… OF REGRET
▪ pang , stab , tinge ( esp. BrE ), twinge ( esp. AmE )
VERB + REGRET
▪ feel , have
▪
I have absolutely no ~s about resigning.
▪ express , show
▪ send
▪
He sends his ~s about missing our 45th reunion.
PREPOSITION
▪ to your ~
▪
To my ~, I lost touch with her years ago.
▪ with ~
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It is with deep ~ that we announce the death of Mr Fred Fisher.
▪ without ~
▪
She thought of them without ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ over
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She showed no ~ about leaving her country.
▪ ~ at
▪
my sincere ~ at what has happened
▪ ~ for
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She enjoyed living alone, but felt a tiny pang of ~ for her mother's cooking.
PHRASES
▪ expression of ~
▪
The police offered no expression of ~ at his wrongful arrest.
▪ a matter for ~ ( BrE ), a matter of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
I never learned to play an instrument and that's a matter of some ~. ( BrE )
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ bitterly , deeply , greatly , really , seriously , sincerely , truly , very much
▪
The president said that his country deeply regretted the incident.
▪ rather
▪ immediately , instantly
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I immediately regretted not asking for his name and address.
▪ quickly , soon
▪
It was a decision she would soon ~.
▪ later
▪
Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.
▪ never
VERB + REGRET
▪ begin to
▪ come to , grow to , live to
▪
She knew that she would live to ~ this decision.
▪ seem to
Regret is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ choice , ↑ decision , ↑ error , ↑ fact , ↑ incident , ↑ inconvenience , ↑ indiscretion , ↑ loss , ↑ mistake , ↑ word