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- [roo]
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- [roo]
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Definitions of rue word
- verb with object rue to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities. 1
- verb with object rue to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born. 1
- verb without object rue to feel sorrow, repentance, or regret. 1
- noun rue Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor. 1
- transitive verb rue regret, lament 1
- transitive verb rue feel sorry about 1
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Origin of rue
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English ruen, rewen, Old English hrēowan; cognate with Dutch rouwen, German reuen; (noun) Middle English rewe, reowe, Old English hrēow; cognate with Dutch rouw, German Reue; cf. ruth
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Parts of speech for Rue
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rue popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rue usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rue
noun rue
- anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
- compunction — If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
- condolement — Often, condolences. expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.
- contrition — deeply felt remorse; penitence
verb rue
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- bemoan — If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- deplore — If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
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