ruth /rooth/ (archaic)

1. Pity
2. Remorse
3. Sorrow
4. Matter for pity
5. Misfortune, calamity (obsolete)

ruthˈful adjective

1. Pitiful, sorrowful
2. Piteous, causing pity

ruthˈfully adverb

• backscratched
• backscratcher
• backscratchers
• backscratches
• backscratching
• backscratchings
• back-seat driver
• backset
• backsets
• backsey
• backseys
• backsheesh
• backsheeshed
• backsheeshes
• backsheeshing
• back-shift
• back-shifts
• backshish
• backshished
• backshishes
• backshishing
• backside
• backsides
• backsight
• backsights