REGRETTABLE
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regrettable — [ r(ə)gretabl ] adj. • regretable 1478; de regretter 1 ♦ Vx Digne d être regretté (I). Une personne « peu regrettable » (Hugo). 2 ♦ (1870) Mod. Qui est à regretter (II, 2o). ⇒ fâcheux. REM. Regrettable est un euphémisme pour exprimer le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
regrettable — Regrettable. adj. de tout genre. Digne d estre regreté. Cet homme là estoit utile à son païs, il est fort regrettable. ce n est pas une là chose regrettable … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
regrettable — I adjective adverse, calamitous, catastrophic, deplorable, dire, disadvantageous, disastrous, dreadful, grievous, ill boding, ill fated, ill omened, inauspicious, inopportune, lamentable, paenitendus, regretted, ruinous, sad, scandalous, terrible … Law dictionary
regrettable — c.1600, “deserving of regret,” from REGRET (Cf. regret) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Regrettably … Etymology dictionary
regrettable — [adj] unfortunate, wrong afflictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, disappointing, distressing, dreadful, grievous, heartbreaking, ill advised, lamentable, pitiable, pitiful, sad, shameful, unfavorable, unhappy, woeful; concepts 548,571 Ant.… … New thesaurus
regrettable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ giving rise to regret; undesirable. DERIVATIVES regrettably adverb … English terms dictionary
regrettable — [ri gret′ə bəl] adj. to be regretted; unfortunate regrettably adv … English World dictionary
REGRETTABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui mérite d être regretté. Une personne regrettable, très regrettable. Un bien regrettable, peu regrettable … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
regrettable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ deeply, extremely, highly, truly, very ▪ a deeply re … Collocations dictionary
regrettable — re|gret|ta|ble [rıˈgretəbəl] adj something that is regrettable is unpleasant, and you wish things could be different = ↑unfortunate ▪ This was a very regrettable error. it is regrettable that ▪ It s regrettable that classical music receives so… … Dictionary of contemporary English
