сокрушаться — meaning in English

English meaning

• condole verb To share in someone's grief and express sympathy with them, usually followed by 'with'.
• repent verb To feel deep regret for something wrong you have done, often wanting to change.

Senses

сокрушаться is used for these senses in English:

• condole (archaic, or, obsolete, except, India, often, formal) To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
• repent (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

condole — full definition

1. verb To share in someone's grief and express sympathy with them, usually followed by 'with'.
2. verb To show or feel great sadness.
3. verb To show sadness or regret about something bad that has happened.
4. verb To tell someone that you feel sad about their loss or misfortune.

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