Rue
Rue noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Sorrowfulness and rue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorrowfulness" instead a noun "Rue".
Sorrowfulness
Sorrowfulness noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy
Rue and sorrowfulness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rue" instead a noun "Sorrowfulness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and rue
- sadness and sorrowfulness
- distress and rue
- distress and sorrowfulness
- melancholy and rue
- melancholy and sorrowfulness
- despondency and rue
- despondency and sorrowfulness
- sorrow and rue
- sorrow and sorrowfulness
- grief and rue
- grief and sorrowfulness
- misery and rue
- misery and sorrowfulness
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Sorrowfulness and Rue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rue/sorrowfulness
Rue & Sorrowfulness. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rue/sorrowfulness>.
Sorrowfulness or Rue. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rue/sorrowfulness.
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