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rueful
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showing sadness and regret inspired by compassion
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most rueful
Comparative
more rueful
gradable
domain
emotion, expression, behavior
Examples
She gave him a rueful smile after hearing his sad story.
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