rue

Meanings

Plural: rues

Noun

• European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
  • "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
• (French) a street or road in France
• Sorrow; repentance; regret.
• Pity; compassion.
• Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.

Verb

• feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
• To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
• To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
• To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
• To feel compassion or pity.
• To feel sorrow or regret.

Synonyms

afterthink, agenbite, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, bleed, blueness, blues, bowels, bring down, commiserate, commiseration, compassion, compassionate, compunction, condole, contristate, contrition, crestfallenness, dash, deject, dejection, deprecate, depress, depression, desolate, despondency, dispirit, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead, empathy, engrieve, erme, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for, fellow feeling, forlornness, forset, forthink, get down, gloom, grief, grieve, grieven, heartsore, herb of grace, ill-being, infelicity, lament, loving-kindness, melancholia, melancholy, mercify, mercy, misery, mishappiness, moan, mourn, oppress, penitence, pity, prosternation, put the fear of God into, regret, remorse, repent, repentance, rue, ruefulness, Ruta graveolens, ruth, sadden, sadden up, sadness, self-reproach, sigh, sorriness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, sympathy, take pity, tenderheartedness, think over, tristfulness, tristitiate, undelight, ungladden, unhappiness, unhappy, upset, wayment, woe, woefare, wretchedness, yearn