Found 2 items, similar to rueful.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rueful rueful adj : feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses [syn: contrite, remorseful, ruthful, sorry]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rueful Rueful \Rue"ful\, a. 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing sorrow. “Rueful faces.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] -- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]