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Often used in the same context:
wry,
wistful,
melancholy,
sardonic,
droll,
mordant,
blithe,
lugubrious,
poignant,
doleful,
morose,
deadpan,
mournful,
elegiac,
waspish,
melancholic,
glib,
insouciant,
lachrymose,
sly,
affectless,
sorrowful,
reproachful,
jaunty,
bathetic,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
laconic,
mirthful,
trembly,
poetic,
plaintive,
bemused,
unsentimental,
sidelong,
shamefaced,
sheepish,
maudlin,
schoolmasterly,
leaden,
dour,
fatalistic,
genial,
pithy,
jocular,
jokey,
dolorous,
portentous,
sprightly,
guileless,
splenetic,
donnish,
phlegmatic,
shavian,
quizzical,
sneery,
pained,
hangdog,
plangent,
sullen,
quavery,
sombre,
ruminative,
dostoevskian,
mawkish,
amiable,
artless,
tragicomic,
overfamiliar,
hardbitten,
flippant,
overdetermined,
beguiling,
perceptive,
orotund,
smug,
scornful,
rebarbative,
introspective,
unsubtle,
witty,
grumbly,
stoical,
smirky,
diffident,
haughty,
gleeful,
forlorn,
rhapsodic,
revelatory,
baleful,
sarky,
larky,
winsome,
heartfelt,
acerbic,
curt,
admonitory,
tremulous,
teacherly,
incantatory,
sententious,
regretful,
amused,
pleased,
glum,
deprecating,
mocking,
puzzled,
contemptuous
Appears in the definition of:
contritely,
remorsefully,
ruefully
Synonyms:
contrite,
penitent,
remorseful,
repentant,
sorry
Also try:
— Nouns for rueful:
smile,
face,
grin,
laugh,
countenance,
look,
glance,
expression,
shake,
amusement,
tone,
more...
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