different between regretful vs attrite

English

Etymology

regret +? -ful

Adjective

regretful (comparative more regretful, superlative most regretful)

1. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
2. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

Synonyms

• (full of regret): repining, rueful, sorrowful

Derived terms

• regretfully
• regretfulness
• unregretful

Translations

References

• regretful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regretful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?a?t/

Etymology 1

Verb

attrite (third-person singular simple present attrites, present participle attriting, simple past and past participle attrited)

1. Alternative form of attrit

Etymology 2

From Latin attr?tus (“ground”).

Adjective

attrite (comparative more attrite, superlative most attrite)

1. Regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment.

   Antonym: contrite

2. Worn by rubbing or friction.

Anagrams

• tattier, titrate

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /at?tri?.te/, [ät??t??i?t??]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?tri.te/, [?t??t??i?t??]

Participle

attr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of attr?tus