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Ruthful

adjective
1.
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.  Synonyms: contrite, remorseful, rueful.



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"Ruthful" Quotes from Famous Books



... Evil Fate, assume * The noble soul's long suffering: 'tis thy best: Complain not to the creature; this be plaint * From one most Ruthful to ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton
... by those sweet eyes That stain the sun in shine, the morn in clear, By those sweet cheeks where Love encamped lies To kiss the roses of the springing year. I tempt thee, Rosalynde, by ruthful plaints, Not seasoned with deceit or fraudful guile, But firm in pain, far more than tongue depaints, Sweet nymph, be kind, and grace me with a smile. So may the heavens preserve from hurtful food Thy harmless flocks; so may the summer yield The pride of all her riches and her good, To ...
— Rosalynde - or, Euphues' Golden Legacy • Thomas Lodge


Words linked to "Ruthful" :   ruthfulness, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful


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