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- Dictionaryrue/ro͞o/
verb
- 1. bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen): "Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer"
noun
- 1. repentance; regret: archaic "with rue my heart is laden"
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The meaning of RUE is to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for. How to use rue in a sentence. Did you know?
RUE definition: 1. to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened 2. to feel sorry about an event and…. Learn more.
Rue definition: to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. See examples of RUE used in a sentence.
RUE meaning: 1. to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened 2. to feel sorry about an event and…. Learn more.
Rue is a modern verb that often looks back on the past. Shakespeare made famous the phrase " rue the day," meaning you bitterly regret a moment. For example, you might rue the day you had your first coffee if you become hopelessly addicted to it.
If you rue something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
Origin of Rue. From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrÄ“ow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance" ), from Proto-Germanic *hrewwō (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance" ), from Proto-Indo-European *krew-, *krow-, *krows- (“to push, fall, beat, break" ).
Definition of rue verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
rue meaning, definition, what is rue: to wish that you had not done something...: Learn more.
