| 单词 | ruefulness |
| 释义 | ruefulness (once / 115876 pages) n WORD FAMILY ruefulness: ruefulnesses+/rue: rued, rueful, rueing, rues, ruing/rueful: ruefulest, ruefully, ruefulness USAGE EXAMPLESWhat you find in her writing, rather, is a certain ruefulness—an understanding that life is a crapshoot that’s been rigged, but to whose advantage? The New Yorker(Apr 18, 2016) This social conversation has cleverly twisted the popular global trend and recreated a Philippine version with humour and ruefulness. BBC(Mar 17, 2016) As Mr. Thornburgh said, with a hint of ruefulness, “It may be that voters get the final say.” New York Times(Feb 10, 2016) n sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment Syn|Hypo|Hyper regret, rue, sorrow attrition, contriteness, contrition sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation compunction, remorse, self-reproacha feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscienceremorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense penance, penitence, repentanceremorse for your past conduct sadness, unhappiness emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
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