Definitions for Rue

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Rue rue

Spelling: [roo]

IPA: /ru/

Rue is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in Rue (eru).

Definitions for Rue

noun

1. sorrow; repentance; regret.
2. pity or compassion.
3. any strongly scented plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, having yellow flowers and leaves formerly used in medicine.
4. Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.

verb (used with object)

1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly:
2. to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to feel sorrow, repentance, or regret.

Origin of Rue

before 900; (v.) Middle English ruen, rewen, Old English hrēowan; cognate with Dutch rouwen, German reuen; (noun) Middle English rewe, reowe, Old English hrēow; cognate with Dutch rouw, Germa

Examples for Rue

This one literally takes up four corners on rue Sherbrooke, all navigable via underground routes.

I may rue my opposition as long as I live, for aught she knows.

Her room was on the rue des Orfevres, only three doors away from the Huberts.

This was the case with M. Picard, the concierge at 21 rue La Boétie, who had worked there since 1931.

I went back to rue La Boétie several times, but the Picards refused to let me in.

They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the rue de Meaux in the 19th.

As a result, rue des Rosiers houses only a few kosher shops and kitschy delis, mostly dedicated to vistors rather than locals.

I assure you that now they are at the corner of the rue Magloire.

I took a pretty flat on the first floor of a house in the rue de Rome.

I had no suspicion then how momentous they were, but afterwards I had occasion to rue them.