ruefulness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ruefulness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ruefulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruefulness n 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" Synonym(s): sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rueful \Rue"ful\, a. 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. 2. Expressing sorrow. [bd]Rueful faces.[b8] --Dryden. Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W. Scott. -- {Rue"fully}, adv. -- {Rue"fulness}, n.