rueful[adjective]Synonyms: regretful, contrite, mournful, penitent, remorseful, repentant, sorrowful, sorry
Related Words: depressed,
oppressed,
weighed down,
piteous,
pitiful,
despairing,
despondent,
hopeless [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
rue‧ful /ˈruːf
əl/
adjective feeling or showing that you wish you had not done something:
a rueful smile—ruefully adverb:
He smiled ruefully. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲