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UK
/ɹˈuː/
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[ US /ˈɹu/ ]
[ US /ˈɹu/ ]
NOUN
-
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
he drank to drown his sorrows
to his rue, the error cost him the game
he wrote a note expressing his regret - (French) a street or road in France
- 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
VERB
- feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
How To Use rue In A Sentence
- Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
- I feel like the popular conception of Freddy Krueger might be a bit different than what you guys are going for here because Freddy Krueger, popularly, is Henie Youngman as a serial killer. Producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller On Set Interview A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET – Collider.com
- Avoid cruel and violent people, as they tend to take up cudgels with you on non-issues.
- After a couple of days she showed her true self .
- There are, true, a few tonal changes: the jokes are jokier, the touches of malice heavier, and she revels more obviously than before in the playfulness she brings to her performances. What Sarah Palin Doesn't Know
- Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
- The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
- Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
- Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
