RUTHFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A state of gloomy sorrow

Synonyms:

mournfulness; ruthfulness; sorrowfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

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)