'Ruefulness' definitions:

Definition of 'ruefulness'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]

Definition of 'Ruefulness'

From: GCIDE
  • Rueful \Rue"ful\ (r[udd]"f[.u]l), a.
  • 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] -- {Rue"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Rue"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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