rueful

adjective

How many syllables in rueful?

There are 2 syllables in the word rueful.

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Divide rueful into syllables:

rue · ful

How to pronounce rueful:

Definition of rueful:

rueful (adjective):: exciting pity or sympathy pitiable; feeling or expressing sorrow or regret; feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

Synonyms for rueful:

aching

agonized

anguished

bitter

bleak

conscience-stricken

contrite

crying

dark

depressed

dismal

doleful

dolorous

elegiac

funeral

funereal

grieving

grievous

heartbroken

lamentable

lugubrious

melancholy

morbid

mournful

penitent

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Antonyms for rueful:

abandoned

agreeable

amused

animated

appreciative

as happy as a clam

as happy as larry

as pleased as punch

at ease

at peace

attrite

avowed

beaming

beside oneself with happiness

blissed out

blissful

blithe

blithesome

brazen

breezy

bright

bubbly

buoyant

buoyed

callous

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