What does ruthful mean?
Ruthful means Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful..
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/ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/ · adjective
Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful..
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:
When last this ruthful month was come, / And in Linlithgow’s holy dome / The King, as wont, was praying; [...]
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."
Use ruthful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ruthful means Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful..
Common synonyms include lamentful, mournful, wistful, atrabiliary.
Possible antonyms include merciless, ruthless.
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:
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