Rueful
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Rueful" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 12 crossword solutions for Rueful.
We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 24 Dec 2020
Crossword Answers
3 letters
SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
5 letters
SORRY
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
7 letters
RUTHFUL
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
8 letters
GRIEVOUS
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
CONTRITE
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
PENITENT
(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
9 letters
REGRETFUL
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
REPENTANT
Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
10 letters
DEPLORABLE
Of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
DESPONDENT
Without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"
REMORSEFUL
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
APOLOGETIC
Offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"