Rue

Quick meaning: Rue is a noun meaning (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

Meaning

(transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

More Meanings

1. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
2. (archaic or dialectal) Sorrow; repentance; regret.
3. (archaic or dialectal) Pity; compassion.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
6. (archaic or obsolete, intransitive, often with on or upon) To feel compassion or pity; to take pity (on), to have compassion (on).
7. (archaic, intransitive) To feel sorrow or regret.

Example Sentences

to rue the day

I rued the day I crossed paths with her.

I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.

Thy will chose freely what it now so justly rues.

Word Forms

• rues
• rueing
• rued

Synonyms for rue

Depending on context, synonyms include contrition, misery, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include repent, regret, ure, haute, neighborhood, suite.

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