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ruefulness
noun
()
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
Synonyms:
regret
,
rue
,
sorrow
,
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ruefulness
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sorrow
,
regret
,
wistfulness
,
melancholy
,
plaintiveness
,
mournfulness
,
lugubriousness
,
pensiveness
,
sullenness
,
weepiness
,
jadedness
,
mischievousness
,
joylessness
,
peevishness
,
incredulousness
,
diffidence
,
insouciance
,
winsomeness
,
wryness
,
sunniness
,
cantankerousness
,
poeticism
,
ingenuousness
,
whimsicality
,
moroseness
,
chirpiness
,
breeziness
,
irrepressibility
,
impassivity
,
archness
,
impishness
,
drollness
,
unworldliness
,
knowingness
,
smarminess
,
superciliousness
,
brassiness
,
languor
,
facetiousness
,
suaveness
,
ethereality
,
huskiness
,
acerbity
,
cheeriness
,
girlishness
,
sauciness
,
priggishness
,
sprightliness
,
jauntiness
,
mellowness
,
ungainliness
,
bashfulness
,
pompousness
,
imperiousness
,
inscrutability
,
insipidity
,
inoffensiveness
,
obliqueness
,
uptightness
,
daftness
,
gawkiness
,
misanthropy
,
melodiousness
,
good naturedness
,
forwardness
,
soulfulness
,
tunefulness
,
nasality
,
sanguinity
,
inarticulateness
,
ponderousness
,
affectless
,
woodiness
,
punchiness
,
abjection
,
boyishness
,
curtness
,
conventionality
,
doubleness
,
dreaminess
,
artlessness
,
snippiness
,
garrulousness
,
vapidness
,
insipidness
,
drollery
,
glibness
,
resentfulness
,
triteness
,
irascibility
,
solipsist
,
sulkiness
,
staginess
,
daintiness
,
trashiness
,
headiness
,
slyness
,
flightiness
,
blankness
,
unpretentiousness
,
ruefulness
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