2020-12-27
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด R – Repent & regret
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Repent = ‘ri-PENT’
ออกเสียง regret = ‘ri-GRET’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR REGRET
Regret, penitence, remorse
imply a sense of sorrow about events in the past,
usually wrongs committed or errors made.
Regret is distress of mind, sorrow for what has been done or failed to be done:
to have no regrets.
Penitence implies a sense of sinor misdoing, a feeling of contrition and determination not to sin again:
a humble sense of penitence.
Remorse implies pangs, qualmsof conscience, a sense of guilt, regret,
and repentance for sins committed, wrongs done,
or duty not performed:
a deep sense of remorse.
COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY
USAGE FOR REGRET
Regretful and regretfully are sometimes wrongly used where regrettable and regrettably are meant:
he gave a regretful smile; he smiled regretfully;
this is a regrettable (not regretful) mistake; regrettably (not regretfully) ,
I shall be unable to attend
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for regret
Noun
SORROW, GRIEF, ANGUISH, WOE, REGRET
mean distress of mind.
SORROW implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse.
a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death
GRIEF implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause.
the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents
ANGUISH suggests torturing grief or dread.
the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child
WOE is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.
cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city
REGRET implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing,
or unavailing remorse. nagging regret for missed opportunities
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition.
Regret
See Also: CONSCIENCE
- Remorse is as the heart in which it grows —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge’s poem,
Remorse, continues as follows:
“If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy, it is the poison tree, that pierces to the inmost.”
2. Repentance, like the sea, is always open to the ventures —Shimoni Yalkut
3. Repentance, without amendment, is like continually pumping without mending the leak —Lewis W. Dilwyn
4. Repentance follows crime … as changes follow time —Percy Bysshe Shelley
5. Regret is like a mountaintop from which we survey our dead life,
a mountaintop on which we pause and ponder,
and very often lookinginto the twilight we ask ourselves
whether it would be well to send a letter or some token —George Moore
6. The pang of regret, sharp as a sword thrust —L. P. Hartley
7. Regret is like tears seeping through closed eyelids —Galway Kinnell
8. (When I fall) let me fall without regretlike a leaf —Wendell Berry
9. Remorseless as an alarm clock—Anon
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Regret – be sorry
1. sadness and disappointment
Regret and be sorry are both used to say
that someone feels sadness or disappointmentabout something
that has happened, or about something they have done.
Regret is more formal than be sorry.
You can say that you regret something or are sorry about it.
I immediately regretted my decision.
Astrid was sorry about leaving abruptly.
You can also say that you regret or are sorry that
something has happened.
Pisarev regretted that no real changes had occurred.
He was sorry he had agreed to stay.
You can also say that you regret doing something.
None of the women I spoke to regretted making this change.
Be Careful!
Don't say that you 'are sorry doing' something.
2. apologizing
When you are apologizing to someone for something
that has happened,
you can say that you are sorry about it.
I'm sorry about the mess – I'll clean up.
You can also report someone's apology
by saying that they are sorry about something.
She was very sorry about all the trouble she'd caused.
Be Careful!
Don't say that you are 'sorry for' something.
In conversation, don't apologize by saying that you 'regret' something.
Regret is only used in formal letters and announcements.
London Transport regrets any inconvenience caused by these delays.
3. giving bad news
When you are giving someone some bad news,
you can begin by saying 'I'm sorry to tell you...'.
In a formal letter, you say 'I regret to inform you...'.
I'm very sorry to tell you this, but she's dead.
I regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Repent & regret
These words are near-synonym,
but they do have slightly different applications.
To repent is to feel sorrow and to engage in self-reproach,
which is precisely the primary meaning of regret.
But to repent is to go a step further:
to feel so regretful as to try to make amends,
to do something to atone for the actsor omissions that caused regret.
That is, one may regret many things
but repent of only some of them:
“I regret not having written to you.”
“Because this rich man repented of his shady dealing, he decided to give away much of his money,”
