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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
- Example: "he drank to drown his sorrows"
- Example: "he wrote a note expressing his regret"
- Example: "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
[syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rueful \Rue"ful\ (r[udd]"f[.u]l), a.
   1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ruefulness
    n 1: 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]