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English to English adjective
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feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone |  | Example: felt regretful over his vanished youth
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase
source: wordnet30
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Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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bad; unfortunate | | Example: my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
source: wordnet30
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without merit | | Example: a sorry horse
a sorry excuse
a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
the car was a no-good piece of junk
source: wordnet30
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causing dejection | | Example: a blue day
the dark days of the war
a week of rainy depressing weather
a disconsolate winter landscape
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a dark gloomy day
grim rainy weather
source: wordnet30
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