Rue vs. Rueful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rue and Rueful
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Definitions
Rue➦
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for
“I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine” (Flannery O'Connor).
Rueful➦
Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret
"He gave the young officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son" (Khaled Hosseini).
Rue➦
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
Rueful➦
Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.
Rue➦
Sorrow; regret
“I ... won her from various rivals, who ... went away, one may say, full of rue” (Brian Doyle).
Rueful➦
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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Rue➦
Any of various aromatic woody herbs or shrubs of the genus Ruta of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.
Rueful➦
Bad; woeful; deplorable.
Rue➦
Any of various other plants having similar foliage, such as meadow rue.
Rueful➦
Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
Rue➦
Sorrow; repentance; regret.
Rueful➦
Expressing sorrow.
Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks.
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Rue➦
Pity; compassion.
Rueful➦
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Rue➦
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
Rue➦
To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
Rue➦
To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
Rue➦
(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.
Rue➦
To feel compassion or pity.
Rue➦
To feel sorrow or regret.
Rue➦
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.
Rue➦
Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Rue➦
Sorrow; repetance.
Rue➦
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.
Rue➦
To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Rue➦
To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
Rue➦
To have compassion.
God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue.
Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.
Rue➦
To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.
Rue➦
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
Rue➦
Leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
Rue➦
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
Rue➦
(French) a street or road in France
Rue➦
Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
