ruthful
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ruthful
- /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English reuþful, reuthful, reowthful, equivalent to ruth + -ful.
adjective more ruthful · most ruthful
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Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
Similar: lamentful, mournful, wistful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen
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Causing pity; piteous.
An if it please thee! why, assure thee, Lucius, / 'Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak; / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres, / Acts of black night, abominable deeds, / Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, / Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd:
Similar: pathetic, pitisome, rueful, compassionate, pathetisad, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sad, poor, ruthful, snivelly
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Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.
Then he bestowed robes of honour on the nurses wet and dry and said to them, "Be ye ruthful over them and rear them after the goodliest fashion."
Similar: merciable, pitiful, relentful, clement, lenient, mercied, merciful, ruthful, safe · Opposite: merciless, ruthless
Translations
Talk about this word "ruthful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ruthful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ruthful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ruthful "ruthful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ruthful.Cite this
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title = {ruthful},
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