Words and phrases that have a meaning related to ruefulness:  (129 results)
Often used in the same context:
winsomeness, wryness, sunniness, plaintiveness, cantankerousness, melancholy, poeticism, ingenuousness, whimsicality, moroseness, chirpiness, breeziness, irrepressibility, impassivity, archness, impishness, drollness, unworldliness, knowingness, smarminess, superciliousness, wistfulness, brassiness, mischievousness, languor, lugubriousness, facetiousness, suaveness, ethereality, jadedness, huskiness, acerbity, cheeriness, girlishness, sullenness, sauciness, mournfulness, priggishness, pensiveness, sprightliness, jauntiness, mellowness, ungainliness, bashfulness, pompousness, peevishness, imperiousness, inscrutability, insipidity, weepiness, inoffensiveness, obliqueness, uptightness, daftness, gawkiness, misanthropy, melodiousness, good naturedness, forwardness, soulfulness, tunefulness, nasality, sanguinity, inarticulateness, ponderousness, affectless, woodiness, punchiness, abjection, boyishness, curtness, conventionality, doubleness, dreaminess, artlessness, snippiness, garrulousness, vapidness, joylessness, insipidness, drollery, glibness, incredulousness, resentfulness, insouciance, triteness, irascibility, solipsist, sulkiness, staginess, daintiness, trashiness, headiness, slyness, flightiness, blankness, diffidence, unpretentiousness, ambiguousness, ardency, playfulness, provocativeness, exasperation, irony, derision, dismay, grimace, sarcasm, amiability, cynicism, deprecation, grimness, humour, incredulity, lunatic, mockery, puzzlement, sadness, scorn, whimsy
More general:
unhappiness
Synonyms:
regret, sorrow
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— Adjectives for ruefulness: mock, certain, exquisite, old, comic, irish, half, faint, mild, illogical, exaggerated, more...

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