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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to ruefulness:   (130 results)

Often used in the same context:
winsomeness, wryness, sunniness, plaintiveness, cantankerousness, melancholy, poeticism, ingenuousness, whimsicality, moroseness, chirpiness, breeziness, irrepressibility, impassivity, archness, impishness, drollness, unworldliness, knowingness, smarminess, superciliousness, wistfulness, brassiness, mischievousness, languor, lugubriousness, facetiousness, suaveness, ethereality, jadedness, huskiness, acerbity, cheeriness, girlishness, sullenness, sauciness, mournfulness, priggishness, pensiveness, sprightliness, jauntiness, mellowness, ungainliness, bashfulness, pompousness, peevishness, imperiousness, inscrutability, insipidity, weepiness, inoffensiveness, obliqueness, uptightness, daftness, gawkiness, misanthropy, melodiousness, good naturedness, forwardness, soulfulness, tunefulness, nasality, sanguinity, inarticulateness, ponderousness, affectless, woodiness, punchiness, abjection, boyishness, curtness, conventionality, doubleness, dreaminess, artlessness, snippiness, garrulousness, vapidness, joylessness, insipidness, drollery, glibness, incredulousness, resentfulness, insouciance, triteness, irascibility, solipsist, sulkiness, staginess, daintiness, trashiness, headiness, slyness, flightiness, blankness, diffidence, unpretentiousness, ambiguousness, ardency, playfulness, provocativeness, exasperation, irony, derision, dismay, grimace, sarcasm, amiability, cynicism, deprecation, grimness, humour, incredulity, lunatic, mockery, puzzlement, sadness, scorn, whimsy

More specific:
attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, remorse, self-reproach

More general:
sadness, unhappiness

Synonyms:
regret, sorrow

Also try:
— Adjectives for ruefulness: mock, certain, exquisite, old, comic, irish, half, faint, mild, illogical, exaggerated, more...

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