Regretted describing hip being damaged (6)
I believe the answer is:
ruined
'damaged' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'regretted describing hip' is the wordplay.
'regretted' becomes 'rued' ('rue' can be a synonym of 'regret').
'describing' is an insertion indicator (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'hip' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'rued' enclosing 'in' is 'RUINED'.
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruined that I've seen before include "Done for" , "Destroyed, undone" , "Destroyed or bankrupted" , "Devastated" , "Reduced to poverty; damaged" .)