Definitions for ruefulness



Overview of noun ruefulness

The noun ruefulness has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness

(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")


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