Definition of Ruefulness. Meaning of Ruefulness. Synonyms of Ruefulness

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Definition of Ruefulness

Ruefulness
Rueful Rue"ful, a. 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.

Meaning of Ruefulness from wikipedia

- of mourning, regret, pity: Ruefulness, grievousness, wretchedness. [1783] W d.g. ruefulness. 1803 P, iradedd, ruefulness, grievousness. 'iradedd o aren'...
- death"). risum teneatis, amici? Can you help laughing, friends? An ironic or rueful commentary, appended following a fanciful or unbelievable tale. risus abundat...
- covers.'' According to Redford, Rayfiel's dialogue tweaks provided "a ruefulness, a sadness and sometimes an anger, that I connect with." Rayfiel's w****ly...
- with alcohol; Judy Carver notes that her father was "always very open, if rueful, about problems with drink". Golding suggested that his self-described "crisis"...
- workplace. "Actresses have the power," Alec Metro, one of the men in line, ruefully noticed of the X-rated industry. A former firefighter who claimed to have...
- upon hearing on his deathbed that his wife had given birth to a daughter, ruefully exclaimed, "It cam wi' a l**** and it will gang wi' a l****!" His House of...
- were also known as the Desert Storm innings. Following the series, Warne ruefully joked that he was having nightmares about his Indian nemesis. Tendulkar's...
- And so this breathtaking portrait of Hollywood failure is wrapped up in rueful, ruined success." Of the various films that have attracted Academy Award...
- to ****." In terms of his lapsed Catholicism, he said that he "came to ruefully and bemusedly understand that once you're a Catholic you're always a Catholic...
- and beholds his disfigured face. The Phantom rails at her prying, then ruefully expresses his longing to be loved ("Stranger Than You Dreamt It"). Moved...