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rueful
rue·ful R0339600 (ro͞o′fəl)adj. Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret: "He gave the young officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son" (Khaled Hosseini).
rue′ful·ly adv.rue′ful·ness n.rueful (ˈruːfʊl) adj1. feeling or expressing sorrow or repentance: a rueful face. 2. inspiring sorrow or pity ˈruefully adv ˈruefulness nrue•ful (ˈru fəl)
adj. 1. feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or regret: a rueful admission. 2. causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable. [1175–1225] rue′ful•ly, adv. rue′ful•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | rueful - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offensescontrite, remorseful, ruthfulpenitent, repentant - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
ruefuladjective regretful, sad, dismal, melancholy, grievous, pitiful, woeful, sorry, mournful, plaintive, lugubrious, contrite, sorrowful, repentant, doleful, remorseful, penitent, pitiable, woebegone, conscience-stricken, self-reproachful He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile.
happy, pleased, delighted, glad, cheerful, joyful, unrepentantruefuladjective1. Arousing or deserving pity:pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, ruthful.2. Causing sorrow or regret:deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, sad, sorrowful, woeful.3. Full of or expressive of sorrow:doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful.Translationsrueful (ˈruːful) adjective regretful; sorrowful. 悔恨的 悔恨的ˈruefully adverb 悔恨地 悔恨地ˈruefulness noun 悔恨 悔恨
rueful
Synonyms for ruefuladj regretfulSynonyms- regretful
- sad
- dismal
- melancholy
- grievous
- pitiful
- woeful
- sorry
- mournful
- plaintive
- lugubrious
- contrite
- sorrowful
- repentant
- doleful
- remorseful
- penitent
- pitiable
- woebegone
- conscience-stricken
- self-reproachful
Antonyms- happy
- pleased
- delighted
- glad
- cheerful
- joyful
- unrepentant
Synonyms for ruefuladj arousing or deserving pitySynonyms- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poor
- ruthful
adj causing sorrow or regretSynonyms- deplorable
- doleful
- dolorous
- grievous
- lamentable
- mournful
- regrettable
- sad
- sorrowful
- woeful
adj full of or expressive of sorrowSynonyms- doleful
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- mournful
- plaintive
- sad
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
Synonyms for ruefuladj feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offensesSynonyms- contrite
- remorseful
- ruthful
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