Emotions
Synonyms for regret
Synonyms for regret: sorrow and rue. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for regret
Interchangeable with regret in this sense
Audited under regret's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one regret carries in that sense.
- sorrownoun, in the sense "sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name regret as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- ruerue is a verb in the sense "to feel deep regret or remorse for"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under regret and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
He wrote a note expressing his regret.
The true synonym
sorrow
Same sentence, swapped: He wrote a note expressing his sorrow.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot regret is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- loneliness
- heaviness
- guilt
Where regret turns up in the game
regret is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where regret is the trap
- shamenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is disgrace, in the sense "a state of dishonor", with regret sitting one tile away.
Play regret
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so regret reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. regret carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.