betreuren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bewail verb To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- deplore verb To express strong disapproval of something.
- grieve verb To feel deep sorrow, especially after a loss.
- regret verb To feel sorry about something that happened, or wish it had gone differently.
- repent verb To feel deep regret for something wrong you have done, often wanting to change.
Senses
betreuren is used for these senses in English:
- bewail To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- deplore (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- grieve (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- regret To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- repent (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- repent (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.