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rue

/ rue /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(French) a street or road in France
Type of:
street
Domain:
France French Republic
noun Sense 2
leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
Type of:
herb
Has parts:
herb of grace Ruta graveolens
noun Sense 3
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
Type of:
herb herbaceous plant
Has parts:
Ruta genus Ruta
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
sadness unhappiness
Kinds of:
attrition contrition contriteness compunction remorse
Derived:
repent regret grieve sorrow
verb Sense 5
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
Type of:
feel experience
Derived:
sorrow regret ruefulness repentance penitence
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
Frame 33
Semantic Complexity
91%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
3
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street herb herbaceous plant sadness unhappiness attrition contrition contriteness compunction remorse feel experience