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rueful (83 synonym found)

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sad

sore

bleak

sharp

sorry

bitter

dismal

dreary

moving

woeful

ashamed

doleful

grieved

joyless

painful

piteous

pitiful

ruthful

tearful

wistful

addicted

careworn

dolorous

griefful

grievous

hopeless

in grief

mournful

pathetic

pitiable

plangent

poignant

repining

shameful

sorrowed

touching

wretched

affecting

aggrieved

anguished

cheerless

depressed

dismaying

dolorific

miserable

oppressed

saddening

shamefast

sorrowful

sorrowing

woebegone

afflictive

deplorable

depressing

depressive

despairing

despondent

lamentable

lugubrious

remorseful

shamefaced

comfortless

distressful

distressing

dolorogenic

regrettable

discomforting

self-accusing

self-debasing

uncomfortable

unhappy about

grief-stricken

self-punishing

dumb with grief

full of remorse

self-condemning

self-convicting

plunged in grief

self-humiliating

self-reproaching

self-flagellating

conscience-smitten

conscience-stricken

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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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