English-German translation for "rueful"

"rueful" German translation

rueful
[ˈruːfəl; -ful]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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bejammerns-, beklagenswert, kläglich, zaghaft, jämmerlich wehmütig, wehklagend, trübselig, traurig, kleinlaut reumütig, bedauernd, reuevoll mitleidig trübselig, traurig
examples
  • the Knight of the Rueful Countenance
    der Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt (Don Quichotte)
    the Knight of the Rueful Countenance
  • mitleidig
    rueful compassionate obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    rueful compassionate obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

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