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ruefulness
(encz) | ruefulness,žal v: Zdeněk Brož |
Ruefulness
(gcide) | Rueful \Rue"ful\ (r[udd]"f[.u]l), a.
1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
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2. Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." --Dryden.
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Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] -- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n.
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ruefulness
(wn) | ruefulness
n 1: sadness associated with some wrong done or some
disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote
a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost
him the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue,
ruefulness] |
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Ruefulness
(gcide) | Rueful \Rue"ful\ (r[udd]"f[.u]l), a.
1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
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2. Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." --Dryden.
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Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] -- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n.
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