Regret vs. Resent

Regretverb

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

‘He regretted his words.’;

Resentverb

(transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

‘The bride greatly resented being left at the church.’;

Regretverb

(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).

‘I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.’;

Resentverb

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

Regretnoun

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.

Resentverb

To be sensible of; to feel.

Regretnoun

(obsolete) Dislike; aversion.

Resentverb

In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

Regretnoun

Pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.

‘What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?’; ‘Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.’; ‘From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.’;

Resentverb

(obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).

Regretnoun

Dislike; aversion.

Resentverb

(obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Regretverb

To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

‘Calmly he looked on either life, and hereSaw nothing to regret, or there to fear.’; ‘In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.’; ‘Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken.’;

Resentverb

simple past tense and past participle of resend

‘The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.’;

Regretnoun

sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;

‘he drank to drown his sorrows’; ‘he wrote a note expressing his regret’; ‘to his rue, the error cost him the game’;

Resentverb

To be sensible of; to feel

‘Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.’;

Regretverb

feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

Resentverb

In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

Regretverb

feel sad about the loss or absence of

Resentverb

To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

‘The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely.’;

Regretverb

decline formally or politely;

‘I regret I can't come to the party’;

Resentverb

To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; - associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.

‘This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul.’; ‘Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.’;

Regretverb

be sorry;

‘I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard’;

Resentverb

To feel resentment.

Regretverb

feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do)

‘she immediately regretted her words’; ‘I always regretted that I never trained’;

Resentverb

To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

‘The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention.’;

Regretverb

used in polite formulas to express apology for or sadness over something undesirable

‘we regret that no tickets may be exchanged’; ‘any inconvenience to readers is regretted’;

Resentverb

feel bitter or indignant about;

‘She resents being paid less than her co-workers’;

Regretverb

feel sorrow for the loss or absence of (something pleasant)

‘my home, when shall I cease to regret you!’;

Resentverb

wish ill or allow unwillingly

Regretnoun

a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do

‘he had to decline, to his regret’; ‘she expressed her regret at Virginia's death’;

Resentverb

feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person)

‘she resented the fact that I had children’;

Regretnoun

used in polite formulas to express apology for or sadness at an occurrence or an inability to accept an invitation

‘please give your grandmother my regrets’;

Regret

Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision were unfavorable. Regret is related to perceived opportunity.