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rueful (83 synonym found)

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addicted

affecting

afflictive

aggrieved

anguished

ashamed

bitter

bleak

careworn

cheerless

comfortless

conscience-smitten

conscience-stricken

deplorable

depressed

depressing

depressive

despairing

despondent

discomforting

dismal

dismaying

distressful

distressing

doleful

dolorific

dolorogenic

dolorous

dreary

dumb with grief

full of remorse

grief-stricken

griefful

grieved

grievous

hopeless

in grief

joyless

lamentable

lugubrious

miserable

mournful

moving

oppressed

painful

pathetic

piteous

pitiable

pitiful

plangent

plunged in grief

poignant

regrettable

remorseful

repining

ruthful

sad

saddening

self-accusing

self-condemning

self-convicting

self-debasing

self-flagellating

self-humiliating

self-punishing

self-reproaching

shamefaced

shamefast

shameful

sharp

sore

sorrowed

sorrowful

sorrowing

sorry

tearful

touching

uncomfortable

unhappy about

wistful

woebegone

woeful

wretched

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Definition of rueful:

(adj) : causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow; inspiring pity or compassion

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Definition of rueful:

(adj) : causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow; inspiring pity or compassion

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