Ruenoun
Sorrow; repentance; regret.
Ruefuladjective
Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.
Ruenoun
Pity; compassion.
Ruefuladjective
Inspiring pity or compassion.
Ruenoun
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
Ruefuladjective
Bad; woeful; deplorable.
Rueverb
To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
Ruefuladjective
Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
Rueverb
To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
Ruefuladjective
Expressing sorrow.
‘Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks.’;
Rueverb
(transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
‘I rued the day I crossed paths with her.’;
Ruefuladjective
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Rueverb
To feel compassion or pity.
Rueverb
To feel sorrow or regret.
Ruenoun
A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
‘Then purged with euphrasy and rueThe visual nerve, for he had much to see.’; ‘They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace.’;
Ruenoun
Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Ruenoun
Sorrow; repetance.
Rueverb
To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
‘I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.’; ‘Thy willChose freely what it now so justly rues.’;
Rueverb
To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Rueverb
To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
Rueverb
To have compassion.
‘God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue.’; ‘Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.’;
Rueverb
To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
‘Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue.’; ‘Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.’;
Ruenoun
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
Ruenoun
leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
Ruenoun
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
‘he drank to drown his sorrows’; ‘he wrote a note expressing his regret’; ‘to his rue, the error cost him the game’;
Ruenoun
(French) a street or road in France
Rueverb
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about