RUEFULNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
   Synonym(s)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • rue (what does rue mean?)
   • sorrow (what does sorrow mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he drank to drown his sorrows
   • he wrote a note expressing his regret
   • to his rue, the error cost him the game
   Hypernyms(s) ruefulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sadness (what does sadness mean?)
   • unhappiness (what does unhappiness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • attrition (what does attrition mean?)
   • contrition (what does contrition mean?)
   • contriteness (what does contriteness mean?)
   • compunction (what does compunction mean?)
   • remorse (what does remorse mean?)
   • self-reproach (what does self-reproach mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • repent (what does repent mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • rue (what does rue mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • repent (what does repent mean?)
   • regret (what does regret mean?)
   • rue (what does rue mean?)
   • grieve (what does grieve mean?)
   • sorrow (what does sorrow mean?)