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Rueful
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Rueful
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1.
feeling or expressing sorrow or repentance
a rueful face
2.
inspiring sorrow or pity
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Rueful
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1.
causing sorrow or pity; lamentable
2.
a.
feeling or showing sorrow or pity; mournful
b.
feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way
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Rueful
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Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret: "He gave the young officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son" (Khaled Hosseini).
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