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Ruthful   Listen
adjective
Ruthful  adj.  Full of ruth; as:
(a)
Pitiful; tender.
(b)
Full of sorrow; woeful.
(c)
Causing sorrow.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ruthful" Quotes from Famous Books



... concise aphorisms and weighty words of advice like "After dinner rest awhile; after supper run a mile," and "Be vigilant, be truthful and your life will never be ruthful." "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves" (which needed a little translating to us) probably came down a long line of English copy books. No doubt they were all ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

... ruthful .month was come, And in Linlithgow's holy dome The King, as wont, was praying; While, for his royal father's soul, The chanters sung, the bells did toll, The bishop mass was saying - For now the year brought round again The day the luckless king was slain - In Katharine's ...
— Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field • Walter Scott



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



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