2. Expressing sorrow. ``Rueful faces.'' --Dryden.
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Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] -- {Rue"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Rue"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ruefulness — rueful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ expressing regret, especially in a wry or humorous way. DERIVATIVES ruefully adverb ruefulness noun … English terms dictionary
ruefulness — noun see rueful … New Collegiate Dictionary
ruefulness — See ruefully. * * * … Universalium
ruefulness — noun The property of being rueful … Wiktionary
ruefulness — rue·ful·ness || ruËfÊŠlnɪs n. mournfulness, regretfulness, remorsefulness; pitiableness, deplorableness … English contemporary dictionary
ruefulness — rue·ful·ness … English syllables
ruefulness — 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 • Derivationally related form … Useful english dictionary
(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- — (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē English meaning: to cut Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden” Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
rueful — adjective Date: 13th century 1. exciting pity or sympathy ; pitiable < rueful squalid poverty…by every wayside John Morley > 2. mournful, regretful < troubled her with a rueful disquiet W. M. Thackeray > • ruefully adverb • ruefulness … New Collegiate Dictionary
MFA Program for Poets & Writers — The MFA Program for Poets Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a graduate creative writing program. HistoryThe MFA Program for Poets Writers was founded in the 1960s by poet Joseph Langland and is part of the English Department… … Wikipedia
