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RUTHFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of gloomy sorrow
Synonyms:
mournfulness; ruthfulness; sorrowfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("ruthfulness" is a kind of...):
sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruthfulness"):
woe; woefulness (intense mournfulness)
plaintiveness (expressing sorrowfulness)
Derivation:
ruthful (feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses)
