Synonyms of rueful
- 1 Syllable
- sad, hurt
- 2 Syllables
- guilty, mournful, beefing, guiltier, guiltiest, ruthful, sorry, piteous
- 3 Syllables
- pitiable, regretful, guilt-ridden, plaintive, anguished, penitent, dirgeful, sorrowful, pathetic, godawful, ashamed, doleful, dolorous, repentant
- 4 Syllables
- accusable, convictable, attritional, penitential, self-reproachful, lamentable, deplorable, dolesome, dolorific, miserable, remorseful
- 5 Syllables
- apologetic, commiserable