ruefully
/ˈruːfʊli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈruːfʊli/
ruefully
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
rue - ful - ly -> ruefully
Myanmar meaning
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regret, be remorseful, feel sorry about, be repentant, be sorry, lament, anguish, apologize, be sorry for, big trouble, broken heart, compunction, condolement, contrition, cry over, deplore, expiation, feel remorse, feel sorry, grief, grieve, heartbreak, heartsickness, infelicity, kick oneself, lamentation, mourn, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence, penitency, pity, reassurance, remorse, remorsefulness, repent, repentance, ruefulness, sackcloth and ashes, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach, shrift, sorriness, sorrow, stab of conscience, sympathy, weep over, woe
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