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rueful - adjective

  1. Arousing or deserving pity: pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, ruthful. See pity.
  2. Causing sorrow or regret: deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, sad, sorrowful, woeful. See happy.
  3. Full of or expressive of sorrow: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful. See happy.