rueful 音標拼音: [r'ufəl]
a . 悲傷的,憐憫的,可憐的
悲傷的,憐憫的,可憐的
rueful adj 1 :
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses [
synonym : {
contrite }, {
remorseful }, {
rueful }, {
ruthful }]
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1 .
Causing one to rue or lament ;
woeful ;
mournful ;
sorrowful .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Expressing sorrow . "
Rueful faces ." --
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
Two rueful figures ,
with long black cloaks . --
Sir W .
Scott .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Rue "
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ly },
adv . -- {
Rue "
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ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rueful ":
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 ,
plaintive ,
plangent ,
plunged in grief ,
poignant ,
poor ,
regretful ,
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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RUEFUL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of RUEFUL is exciting pity or sympathy : pitiable How to use rueful in a sentence
RUEFUL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Rueful definition: causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable See examples of RUEFUL used in a sentence
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Rueful - definition of rueful by The Free Dictionary 1 feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or regret: a rueful admission 2 causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable
rueful - Wiktionary, the free dictionary rueful (comparative more rueful, superlative most rueful) Merely, he received it with the rueful indulgence that he would show towards Tom when he came through with one of his solutions for ending world poverty or the arms race
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rueful - WordReference. com Dictionary of English WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 rue•ful ˈrufəl adj feeling or expressing sorrow or pity: The loser had a rueful look on his face causing sorrow or pity: a rueful plight of starvation rue•ful•ly, adv : smiled ruefully as he said good-bye