жале́ть — meaning in English
zhalet
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English meaning
- grudge noun A long-held feeling of resentment or ill will toward someone, usually because of a past wrong.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- 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.
- spare adjective Extra; kept in reserve in case it is needed.
Senses
жале́ть is used for these senses in English:
- grudge To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.]
- 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.
- spare (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
grudge — full definition
- noun A long-held feeling of resentment or ill will toward someone, usually because of a past wrong.
- verb To be reluctant to give or allow something.
pity — full definition
- noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- noun A regrettable or disappointing fact.
- verb To feel sorrow or sympathy for someone.
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