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His painting his name of my car was more than regrettable, it was criminal.
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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. des deux genres Qui mérite d’être regretté. Avantage regrettable. Un emploi peu regrettable. Il ne se dit guère que des Choses. Il signifie aussi Qui appelle des regrets, qui est fâcheux. Un incident regrettable. Un discours regrettable … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
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
