Rue can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| rue - To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action. | ||
| rue - To cause to feel sorrow or pity. | ||
| rue - To repent of or regret some past action or event; to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. | ||
| rue - To feel compassion or pity. | ||
Noun |
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| rue - European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy | ||
| rue - (French) a street or road in France | ||
| 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" |
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| 1. | noun | To his rue, the error cost him the game. | |
| 2. | verb | I rue the day I crossed paths with this asshole. | |
| 3. | verb | You'll rue the day you wronged me. | |
| 4. | verb | "'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'" | |
| 5. | verb | I rue the day I met them. |
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| noun | |
| To his rue, the error cost him the game. |
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| verb | |
| I rue the day I crossed paths with this asshole. | |
| You'll rue the day you wronged me. | |
| "'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'" | |
| I rue the day I met them. | |