rue
verb
[ ruː ]
• bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone.
• "Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer"
Similar:
regret,
be sorry about,
feel remorse for,
repent of,
reproach oneself for,
kick oneself for,
deplore,
lament,
bemoan,
bewail,
rue
noun
• repentance; regret.
• "with rue my heart is laden"
Origin:
Old English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.
rue
noun
• a perennial evergreen shrub with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves which are used in herbal medicine.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek rhutē .
