rue
Meaning of rue
verb
- bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone.
Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer
she might live to rue this impetuous decision
- repentance; regret.
with rue my heart is laden
Old English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.
noun
a perennial evergreen shrub with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves which are used in herbal medicine.
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek rhutē .
Information about rue
- The plural form of rue is: rues.
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Hyphenation of rue
rue
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- rue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
rue synonyms
Meaning sorrow:
Meaning repent:
Meaning feel or express strong disapproval of (something):
Meaning express regret or disappointment about something:
Meaning express discontent or sorrow over (something):
Meaning express great regret, sadness, or disappointment about (something):
Anagrams of rue
Words that rhyme with rue
Rue, LaRue, Larue, embrue, imbrue, crue, accrue, reaccrue, superaccrue, surcrue, Drue, adrue, grue, coquecigrue, congrue, Prue, outsprue, sprue, forrue, True, true, retrue, untrue, overtrue, construe, menstrue, misconstrue, reconstrue, strue
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