rue

v., rued, ru·ing, rues.

v.tr.

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

v.intr.

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.

n.

Sorrow; regret: “To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won” (Elizabeth Pond).

[Middle English ruen, from Old English hrēowan, to affect with grief, and hrēowian, to repent.]

ruer ru'er n.

verb

To feel or express sorrow for: deplore, regret, repent. See regret/impenitence.

noun

A feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds: compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, penitency, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance. Theology attrition. See regret/impenitence.

IN BRIEF: To regret extremely.

I rue the day that I decided to drop out of college.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - angre, fortryde
v. intr. - angre, fortryde
n. - anger, medlidenhed

idioms:

• rue the day    angre, fortryde

2.
n. - [bot.] rude

Nederlands (Dutch)
spijt hebben van, berouw

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - regretter amèrement, se repentir
v. intr. - regretter, se repentir
n. - regret, douleur, chagrin

idioms:

• rue the day    regretter le jour (où)

2.
n. - (Bot) rue

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - bereuen
n. - Reue

idioms:

• rue the day    den Tag verwünschen, da

2.
n. - (bot.) Gartenraute

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) απήγανος
v. - λυπούμαι, μετανοώ

idioms:

• rue the day    αναθεματίζω τη μέρα

Italiano (Italian)
deplorare, dolore

idioms:

• rue the day    rimpiangere i giorni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arrependimento (m)
v. - arrepender-se

idioms:

• rue the day    arrepender-se

Русский (Russian)
каяться, сожалеть, рута

idioms:

• rue the day    проклинать тот день

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - lamentar, arrepentirse
v. intr. - lamentar, arrepentirse
n. - arrepentimiento

idioms:

• rue the day    lamentarás el día

2.
n. - ruda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (bot) vinruta, ånger, medlidande
v. - ångra, beklaga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 懊悔, 悔恨, 后悔, 悲叹

idioms:

• rue the day    后悔

2. 芸香

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 懊悔, 悔恨, 後悔, 悲歎
v. intr. - 懊悔, 悔恨, 後悔, 悲歎
n. - 後悔, 悔恨, 悲歎

idioms:

• rue the day    後悔

2.
n. - 芸香

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 뉘우치다, 유감으로 여기다, 슬퍼하다
v. intr. - 뉘우치다, 유감으로 여기다, 슬퍼하다
n. - 후회 , 회오, 연민

2.
n. - 루타(지중해 연안 원산의 귤과의 상록다년초)

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 後悔する, 悲しむ
n. - ヘンルーダ
adj. - ミカン科の

idioms:

• rue the day    その日を後悔する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أسف, ندم, الفيجن نبته طيبه ذات أوراق مرة (فعل) يأسف, يندم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התחרט, הצטער, נעצב‬
v. intr. - ‮התחרט, הצטער, נעצב‬
n. - ‮צער, חרטה‬
n. - ‮פיגם (צמח רפואי)‬

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