50
regret(verb, noun, formal, sorrow, cry)
20
lament(noun, verb, desire, criticize, censure)
18
sorrow(noun, verb, trouble, understanding, worry)
17
deplore(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn)
15
mourn(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, sorrow)
14
grieve(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
14
repent(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, feel)
13
anguish(noun, verb, trouble, worry, desire)
13
heartbreak(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
12
bewail(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn)
10
bemoan(verb, desire, criticize, express, censure)
10
remorse(noun, trouble, feeling, worry, distress)
10
sympathy(noun, understanding, sorrow, woe, compassion)
9
contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
9
repentance(noun, feeling, bad, worry, distress)
8
grief(noun, worry, distress, pain, shame)
8
penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
8
repine(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
7
compunction(noun, feeling, understanding, distress, shame)
5
be sorry for(verb, expression, idiom, grieve, lament)
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