Emotions

Synonyms for regret

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineEmotions

sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

He wrote a note expressing his regret.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

sorrow

Same sentence, swapped: He wrote a note expressing his sorrow.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for regret as it is used in the sentence above.

loneliness
heaviness
guilt

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Closest first: other emotions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

jollyadjectivegayfull of or showing high-spirited merrimentTreeline moodyadjectivedarkshowing a brooding ill humorTreeline ragenouncultan interest followed with exaggerated zealTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line entertainverbholdmaintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)TreelineHas a reason line eruptverbbreakforce out or release suddenly and often violently something pent upRidgelineHas a reason line ethicaladjectivehonorableadhering to ethical and moral principlesTreeline oppositeadjectivepolarcharacterized by opposite extremesTreelineHas a reason line outrageousadjectivesteepgreatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderationTreeline

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