transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrü-fəl ]
adjective
Date: 13th century
1. : exciting pity or sympathy : pitiable
rueful squalid poverty…by every wayside — John Morley
2. : mournful , regretful
troubled her with a rueful disquiet — W. M. Thackeray
• rue·ful·ly -fə-lē adverb
• rue·ful·ness noun