rueful

Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret.

. Full of pity or compassion; pitying.

Worthy of pity or sorrow; lamentable; pitiable; deplorable; sorry.

Expressive of regret, sorrow, or misfortune; mournful; sad; melancholy; lugubrious.

Synonyms Doleful, lugubrious, regretful.

Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

Expressing sorrow.

Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.

Inspiring pity or compassion.

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses