Ruthful \Ruth"ful\, a.
Full of ruth; as:
(a) Pitiful; tender.
(b) Full of sorrow; woeful.
(c) Causing sorrow. --Shak. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ruthful
adj : feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
[syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, sorry]
WordNet (r) 2.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruthful":
afflicted, bleeding, charitable, clement, commiserative,
compassionate, condolent, doleful, dolorous, forbearant, gentle,
human, humane, lenient, melting, merciful, miserable, pitying,
rueful, soft, softhearted, sorrowful, sympathetic, sympathizing,
tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warmhearted, wretched
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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