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RUTHFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ruthfulness mean?
• RUTHFULNESS (noun)
The noun RUTHFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. a state of gloomy sorrow
Familiarity information: RUTHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of gloomy sorrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
mournfulness; ruthfulness; sorrowfulness
Hypernyms ("ruthfulness" is a kind of...):
sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruthfulness"):
woe; woefulness (intense mournfulness)
plaintiveness (expressing sorrowfulness)
Derivation:
ruthful (feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses)
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