rueful
adjectiveHow many syllables in rueful?
There are 2 syllables in the word rueful.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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