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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 sorrowplay

  Familiarity information: RUTHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUTHFULNESS (noun)


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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