regrettable

Adjective Satellite

• deserving regret
  • "regrettable remarks"
  • "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"

Adj

• Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.

Examples

• The officers' actions were regrettable, yes, but there's nothing to be done now but to relocate everyone to the mainland in a calm and orderly manner.

Synonyms

too bad, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, lachrymable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, pathetic, pathetisad, pitiable, pitiful, pitisome, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, upsetting, woebegone, woeful

Related Words

regret, regretful, regretfully, regretfulness, regrettably, regretter