rue

rue ¹  (r)

v. rued, ru·ing, rues

v.tr.

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

v.intr.

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.

n.

Sorrow; regret: "To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won" (Elizabeth Pond).

---

[Middle English ruen, from Old English hrowan, to affect with grief, and hrowian, to repent.]

---

ruer n.

---

rue ²  (r)

n.

Any of various aromatic southwest Asian or Mediterranean plants of the genus Ruta, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.

---

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rta, probably from Greek rht.]

---

rue¹

vb rues, ruing, rued

to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret for (one's own wrongdoing, past events with unpleasant consequences, etc.)

n

Archaic sorrow, pity, or regret

[Old English hrēowan; related to Old Saxon hreuwan, Old High German hriuwan]

ruer  n

---

rue²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any rutaceous plant of the genus Ruta, esp R. graveolens, an aromatic Eurasian shrub with small yellow flowers and evergreen leaves which yield an acrid volatile oil, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic and stimulant Archaic name herb of grace Compare goat's-rue, meadow rue, wall rue

[from Old French, from Latin rūta, from Greek rhutē]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rue - European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy herb of grace, Ruta graveolens rue - leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Ruta, Ruta - type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
	2.	rue - leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities herb of grace, rue, Ruta graveolens - European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
	3.	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" regret, ruefulness, sorrow sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being contriteness, contrition, attrition - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
	4.	rue - (French) a street or road in France street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Verb	1.	rue - feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about regret, repent feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

---

rue

verb (Literary) regret, mourn, grieve, lament, deplore, bemoan, repent, be sorry for, weep over, sorrow for, bewail, kick yourself for, reproach yourself for He was probably ruing his decision.

Translations

rue¹ [ruː] VT → arrepentirse de, lamentar
you shall rue it → te arrepentirás de haberlo hecho
I rue the day when I did it → ojalá no lo hubiera hecho nunca
he lived to rue it → vivió para arrepentirse

---

rue² [ruː] N (Bot) → ruda f

rue [ˈruː] vt → se repentir
to rue the day (literary) → se repentir
to rue the day you did sth → se repentir d'avoir fait qch

rue¹

vt (liter) → bereuen; to rue the day that … → den Tag verwünschen, an dem …

---

rue²

n (Bot) → Raute f

rue¹ [ruː] vt (liter) → pentirsi amaramente di
I rue the day that ... → maledico il giorno in cui...

---

rue¹ [ruː] vt (liter) → pentirsi amaramente di
I rue the day that ... → maledico il giorno in cui...

---

rue² [ruː] n (Bot) → ruta

---

rue² [ruː] n (Bot) → ruta