Ruefulness and Sorrow

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Ruefulness

Ruefulness noun - Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.

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Sorrow is a synonym for ruefulness in guilty or bad conscience topic. In some cases you can use "Sorrow" instead a noun "Ruefulness", when it comes to topics like upset over past action.

Nearby Words: rueful, ruefully

Sorrow

Sorrow noun - Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.

Usage example: he drank to drown his sorrows

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Ruefulness is a synonym for sorrow. You can use "Ruefulness" instead a noun "Sorrow".

Nearby Words: sorry, sorrowful, sorrowed, sorrowing, sorrowfully

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