as in regret
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
a soul filled with pain and rue
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
I rue the day I agreed to this stupid plan
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Recent Examples of rue
Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 15 May 2024
American Tabitha Knight is visiting her French grandfather in Paris, who lives across the rue from Julia Child, her husband, Paul, and sister Dort.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Part of Ruben Amorim must be ruing the decision to forego a cushy number at Sporting CP.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The goat’s rue is thought to stimulate the production of mammary tissue.
—Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 15 May 2024
American Tabitha Knight is visiting her French grandfather in Paris, who lives across the rue from Julia Child, her husband, Paul, and sister Dort.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Verb
New York Rangers coach Peter Laviolette rued blowing a late lead in his club’s 3-2 overtime loss.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Part of Ruben Amorim must be ruing the decision to forego a cushy number at Sporting CP.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rue
Noun
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His regrets about enabling intrusive advertising and warnings about internet censorship and monopolies provide valuable insights into the challenges of building a more equitable online world.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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But for others, regret can serve as a powerful guide.—
Dr. Jordan Grumet, Contributor,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Germany, a country that for decades has been expressing remorse for the nation’s crimes under Adolf Hitler, will be represented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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But usually there are preconditions for gaining forgiveness: admitting guilt, expressing remorse, making amends.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rather than dwelling in guilt, choose one family or charity to help.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The study found that the top triggers of emotional commerce were excitement at 70 percent, FOMO with 65 percent and guilt at 55 percent.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Might the title speak to a shame the exhibition itself sought to overcome?—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Rue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rue. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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