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rueful

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  1. 1. a. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Expressing sorrow. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses Source: wordnet
  4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. j:100 s feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses Source: ecdict

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