rue
verb/ruː/
/ruː/
(old-fashioned or formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rue | /ruː/ /ruː/ |
| he / she / it rues | /ruːz/ /ruːz/ |
| past simple rued | /ruːd/ /ruːd/ |
| past participle rued | /ruːd/ /ruːd/ |
| -ing form rueing | /ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/ |
| -ing form ruing | /ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/ |
- rue something to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did because it had bad results synonym regret
- He rued the day they had bought such a large house.
Word OriginOld English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.Want to learn more?
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