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ruesome

ruesome adjective: rueful.

Adjective

ruesome (comparative more ruesome, superlative most ruesome)

  1. rueful
  2. to be regretted; unfortunate
    • In his message to the Legislature in 1874, Governor Austin made the ruesome statement that "our railroads have been almost wholly built by foreign capital!"1969, Val Björnson, The History of Minnesota - Volume 1

Forms of ruesome

comparativemore ruesome
superlativemost ruesome

Origin of ruesome

From rue + -some.

Questions about ruesome

What does ruesome mean?
Ruesome means rueful.
What part of speech is ruesome?
Ruesome is an adjective.

Words near ruesome in the dictionary

  1. Ruels
  2. Rueping process
  3. Ruepisa
  4. rues
  5. rues the day
  6. ruesome
  7. Rueter
  8. Rueters
  9. Rufalin
  10. RUFC
  11. Rufener

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