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In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.
Robert Harris

Meaning of "rueful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUEFUL

rueful  [ˈruːfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUEFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rueful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RUEFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rueful in the English dictionary

The definition of rueful in the dictionary is feeling or expressing sorrow or repentance. Other definition of rueful is inspiring sorrow or pity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUEFUL


awful
ˈɔːfʊl
barful
ˈbɑːfʊl
beautiful
ˈbjuːtɪfʊl
careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
carful
ˈkɑːfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
dueful
ˈdjuːfʊl
full
fʊl
gleeful
ˈɡliːfʊl
god-awful
ˌɡɒdˈɔːfʊl
grateful
ˈɡreɪtfʊl
helpful
ˈhɛlpfʊl
hopeful
ˈhəʊpfʊl
jarful
ˈdʒɑːfʊl
lawful
ˈlɔːfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
unlawful
ʌnˈlɔːfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUEFUL

rudimental
rudimentally
rudimentarily
rudimentariness
rudimentary
rudiments
rudish
Rudolf
Rudolf I
rue
ruefully
ruefulness
ruelle
ruellia
ruer
rufescence
rufescent
ruff
ruffe
ruffed grouse

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUEFUL

disgraceful
distasteful
fateful
forceful
graceful
hateful
houseful
ireful
peaceful
purposeful
resourceful
revengeful
shameful
spiteful
suspenseful
tasteful
ungrateful
vengeful
wasteful
woeful

Synonyms and antonyms of rueful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUEFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rueful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rueful

Translation of «rueful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUEFUL

Find out the translation of rueful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rueful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rueful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后悔的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrepentido
570 millions of speakers

English

rueful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उदास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حزين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грустная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrependido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দু: খিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contrit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rueful
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reuevoll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悔しそうな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후회하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rueful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thương xót
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துயர் மிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kederli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mesto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smutny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετανοιωμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meewarige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rueful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rueful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rueful

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUEFUL»

The term «rueful» is regularly used and occupies the 57.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUEFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rueful

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QUOTES WITH «RUEFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rueful.
1
Robert Harris
In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUEFUL»

Discover the use of rueful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rueful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rueful Death
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Susan Wittig Albert, 1997
2
The Pleasure of His Company: A Rueful Comedy
Comprised of six related short plays, each dealing with a different aspect of love, this delightful pops program runs the gamut from first love, through love of country, and on to the abiding love of a long-married older couple, all ...
Samuel Taylor, 1961
3
Teaching and Its Predicaments
Why is teaching such hard work? In this provocative, witty, sometimes rueful book, Cohen writes about the predicaments that teachers face and explores what responsible teaching can be.
David K. Cohen, 2011
4
The Rueful: A Novel
The return of African American Sci-Fi, with a twist... This story is told from three perspectives while moving in one direction. The characters are magnetic and the story gripping.
Da' Shen, 2005
5
Rueful Rhymes
With this miscellany of poems the author allows the reader into his own personal purgatory, a cheerless place of ruins and shadows where hope is all but swallowed up by loathing for life.
Scott Mote, 2006
6
Littell's Living Age
But it will be said we have rueful, which is equivalent to ruthful. Yes, we have rueful ; but rueful is not, as used by us, the opposite to ruthless ; that is to say, rueful does not mean compassionate, unless it be compassion for one's self. Rue and ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1863
7
Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal
But it will be said we have rueful, which is equivalent to ruthful. Yes, we have rueful ; but rueful is not, as used by us, the opposite to ruthless ; that is to say, rueful does not mean compassionate*, unless it be compassion for one's self. Rue and ...
Samuel Rhoads, Enoch Lewis, 1863
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The Living Age ...
But it will be said we have rueful, which is equivalent to ruthful. Yes, we have rueful ; but rueful is not, as used by us, the opposite to ruthless ; that is to say, rueful does not mean compassionate, unless it be compassion for one's self. Rue and ...
‎1863
9
The Royal Standard English Dictionary: In which the Words ...
... rueful, Sec. which, strange as it may seem, would be more agree- ably to the general current of orthography, written bluly, bluness, rueful, &c. the reasons seem to be these; wherever the general laws of pronunciation in compounds supply ...
William Perry (lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.), 1800
10
The spiritual Quixote: or, The summer's ramble of Mr. ...
Rueful burst out into a horse laugh — Mrs. Booby cried out, Lord ! Miss Trufle, what are you about? — The case was, Miss Trufle, who for gome time had sat in silent contemplation of her own importance, and playing with her lap-dog, whilst ...
Richard Graves, 1820

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUEFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rueful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sami's rueful return, and Chigumbura's luck
Pakistan management reaped the results of sticking with Shoaib Malik despite two ordinary Twenty20 matches, but they were not so lucky with the other ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, May 15»
2
F1 Monaco Grand Prix: Button rueful as yellows cost Q3 spot
Jenson Button reckons he could have fought for a place on row four of the Monaco Grand Prix grid had it not been for an ill-timed yellow flag in phase two of F1 ... «crash.net, May 15»
3
Rueful Roundup: Orlando Magic's Trading Ryan Anderson still …
Ryan Anderson was a consummate professional in his time with the Orlando Magic, and despite intense personal pain stemming from a personal tragedy, ... «Orlando Magic Daily, Apr 15»
4
Kevin Phillips rueful over Harry Kane's challenge to English goal …
Last Sunday he was happy when Sergio Aguero scored to move on to 20 goals, but rueful when Kane caught up with the Argentine, scoring Spurs' third goal at ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
5
While We're Young - film review: highly enjoyable but rueful take on …
It's a rueful look at what those in their mid-twenties and mid-forties have to offer each other and what the cultural differences are between those whose time it is ... «Evening Standard, Apr 15»
6
Dragons run down rueful Raiders
St George Illawarra have broken their duck egg for 2015, completing a remarkable comeback in winning 22-20 in front of 11,774 fans at Canberra Stadium ... «League Unlimited, Mar 15»
7
Sam Allardyce rueful after Harry Kane stars in Spurs late show
Tottenham Hotspur say that they now expect always to score late goals, although it is probably the scale of their defiance, strength and fortitude that will surely ... «The Times, Feb 15»
8
Rueful Alisher Usmanov turns on Gunners boss Arsene Wenger
THE verbal bullets will bounce off Arsene Wenger's armour-plated shell, but the barrage is getting fiercer and repeatedly hitting the same target. By Simon ... «Express.co.uk, Nov 14»
9
Wayne Rooney rueful of past England mistakes as 100th cap …
Wayne Rooney England Macedonia Wayne Rooney scoring his first goal for England in a Euro 2004 qualifier against Macedonia in September 2003. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
10
Karate: Rueful Syakilla aim to bounce back in 2016
Malaysia's Syakilla Salni Jefry Krisnan (left) poses with the silver medal in the U-61kg kumite event at the karate world championships in Germany on Saturday. «The Star Online, Nov 14»

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