How to pronounce ruthful

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What ruthful means

adjective

Full of pity and gentle sorrow for others

In a sentence: The ruthful old king pitied the lost children and gave them a warm place to sleep.

Where it comes from: It comes from ruth, an old word for pity, plus -ful. Ruth is also hiding inside the word ruthless.

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