Contemptuous vs Rueful - What's the difference?
contemptuous | rueful |
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
Inspiring pity or compassion.
As adjectives the difference between contemptuous and rueful
is that contemptuous is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect while rueful is causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.contemptuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.