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ruefulness

ruefulness noun: the property of being rueful.

Noun

ruefulness (usually uncountable, plural ruefulnesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being rueful.
    • This was the second time she had mentioned money, but now there was no trace of ruefulness in her voice, she spoke as if merely stating a fact.2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page 46

ruefulness meaning in Tamil

ruefulness in Tamil

இரக்கம், துக்கம்

Forms of ruefulness

pluralruefulnesses

Origin of ruefulness

From rueful + -ness.

Questions about ruefulness

What does ruefulness mean?
Ruefulness means the property of being rueful.
What is ruefulness in Tamil?
Ruefulness in Tamil is இரக்கம், துக்கம். See Ruefulness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ruefulness?
Ruefulness is a noun.
What is the plural of ruefulness?
The plural of ruefulness is ruefulnesses.

Words near ruefulness in the dictionary

  1. Rueff
  2. Rueffs
  3. rueful
  4. ruefull
  5. ruefully
  6. ruefulness
  7. ruefulnesses
  8. Rueger
  9. Ruegers
  10. Ruegg
  11. Rueggs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruefulness (page history and authors); ruefulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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