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ruefulness
悲傷;憐憫;可憐
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rue·ful
a.
1.
Causing
one
to
rue
or
lament
;
woeful
;
mournful
;
sorrowful
.
2.
Expressing
sorrow
.
“
Rueful
faces.”
Two
rueful
figures
,
with
long
black
cloaks
.
--
Sir
W
.
Scott
.
--
Rue*ful*ly
,
adv
. --
Rue*ful*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
" [
syn
:
sorrow
,
regret
,
rue
]
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