Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ruefulness

1 sense of ruefulness

Sense 1
sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness -- (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game")
       => sadness, unhappiness -- (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)