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Thesaurus: rueful

Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

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  1. a. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
  2. a. Expressing sorrow.
  3. adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
  4. 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. 2. Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." Dryden. Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. Sir W. Scott. -- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses