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ruthful

adjective
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As an adjective, ruthful means full of sorrow.

Meanings of ruthful

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.

  2. Causing pity; piteous.

  3. Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.

  4. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

    Similar: contrite, remorseful, rueful

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
contriteremorsefulrueful

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