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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



... And Lucifer, mounted upon his steed, Brings in the chariot of the golden sun, I'll meet young Albanact in the open field, And crack my lance upon his burganet, To try the valour of his boyish strength. There will I show such ruthful spectacles And cause so great effusion of blood, That all his boys shall wonder at my strength: As when the warlike queen of Amazon, Penthisilea, armed with her lance, Girt with a corslet of bright shining steel, Couped up the ...
— 2. Mucedorus • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]



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



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