rue (verb)
1rue — ► VERB (rues, rued, rueing or ruing) ▪ bitterly regret (a past event or action). ► NOUN archaic 1) repentance; regret. 2) compassion; pity. ORIGIN Old English …
2rue — verb (T) literary to wish that you had not done something; regret 1 (1): rue the day (that): She learned to rue the day she had met Henri …
3rue — [ ru ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to be sorry about something and wish that it had not happened. A more usual word is regret …
4rue — verb she may live to rue this impetuous decision Syn: regret, be sorry about, feel remorseful about, repent of, reproach oneself for; deplore, lament, bemoan, bewail See note at mourn …
5rue — {{11}}rue (n.1) perennial evergreen shrub, late 14c., from O.Fr. rue, earlier rude, from L. ruta rue, probably from Gk. rhyte, of uncertain etymology, originally a Peloponnesian word. The bitter taste of its leaves led to many punning allusions… …
6rue — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rewe, from Old English hrēow; akin to Old High German hriuwa sorrow Date: before 12th century regret, sorrow < with rue my heart is laden A. E. Housman > II. verb (rued; ruing) Date …
7rue — I. /ru / (say rooh) verb (rued, ruing) –verb (t) 1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. 2. to wish (that something might never have been done, taken place, etc.): to rue the day one was born. –verb (i) 3. to feel sorrow; be repentant …
8rue — [[t]ru͟ː[/t]] rues, ruing, rued 1) VERB If you rue something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. [LITERARY] [V n] Tavare was probably ruing his decision. Syn: regret 2) PHRASE: V inflects If… …
9rue — 1. noun /ruː/ a) Repentance, regret. There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue b) Pity, compassion. for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it 2. ve …
10rue — rue1 verb (rues, rueing or ruing, rued) bitterly regret (a past event or action) and wish it undone. noun archaic 1》 repentance; regret. 2》 compassion; pity. Origin OE hrēow repentance , hrēowan affect with contrition , of Gmc origin. rue2 noun a …
