Learn English – An English word (adj or verb) to describe your feeling when you did not do something you were expected to do

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I am looking for an English word (adj or verb) to describe your feeling when you did not do something you were expected to do. For example:

My friend's uncle has just passed away but I didn't say anything to him when I first heard the news because I was focusing on something else. Now looking back, I feel very bad about it. I should have said something. I feel ______________.

The word is pretty close to 'regret' but it's not 'regret'.

Best Answer

Remorse fits the bill.

From MW:

a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach

Oops - per Hank's suggestion: remorseful.

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