Read full poem →And love, grown faint and fretful,
With lips but half regretful
Sighs, and with eyes forgetful
Dictionary Entry
Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
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. regretfulsigh regretfultone regretfullook regretfulregretful almost
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Poetry examples for “regretful”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The night had cooled my hasty madness;
I suffered a regretful sadness
Which deepened into real remorse.