Usually means: Regret or remorse over mistakes.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ruefulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. ruefulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ruefulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ruefulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. ruefulness: Wordnik
  6. ruefulness: Wiktionary
  7. ruefulness: Dictionary.com
  8. ruefulness: Rhymezone
  9. ruefulness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. ruefulness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. ruefulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. ruefulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ruefulness: Legal dictionary

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  1. ruefulness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ruefulness)

▸ noun:  The property of being rueful.

Similar:
sorrow, regret, ruthfulness, remorsefulness, rebukefulness, ruddiness, mournfulness, risibility, rheuminess, ruttiness, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, happiness

Types:
wistfulness, melancholy, bittersweetness, sadness, sorrow, regret, despair, more...

Adjectives:
mock, certain, exquisite, old, comic, irish, half, faint, mild, illogical, exaggerated

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Similar:
sorrow, regret, ruthfulness, remorsefulness, rebukefulness, ruddiness, mournfulness, risibility, rheuminess, ruttiness, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, happiness

Types:
wistfulness, melancholy, bittersweetness, sadness, sorrow, regret, despair, more...

Adjectives:
mock, certain, exquisite, old, comic, irish, half, faint, mild, illogical, exaggerated



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