How to pronounce“rue”in English
verbIPA/ɹu/
Syllablesrue
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noun
Sorrow; repentance; regret.
“When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, / "The heart out of the bosom was never given in vain; / 'Tis paid with sighs aplenty and sold for endless rue." / And I am two-and-twenty, and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”
noun
Pity; compassion.
verb
To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
“to rue the day”
verb
To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.