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
Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
The hotel, now three years old, is certainly where all rues lead to during the Paris shows.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Jamie Cassano, of Boca Raton, rues the loss of two lanes on Interstate 95 to toll lanes.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Also included in the mix were several different medicinal and psychotropic substances, including Syrian rue, blue water lily and cleome species, Tanasi said.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
The hotel, now three years old, is certainly where all rues lead to during the Paris shows.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
Larson also addressed the near-misses and rued the chance to get a better result than 12th.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Jamie Cassano, of Boca Raton, rues the loss of two lanes on Interstate 95 to toll lanes.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rue
Noun
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What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame.—
Jonathan Hunt-Glassman,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
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And that's my only regret is not being funnier and not playing more chaotically.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a sentencing order, the judge said Martinez’s refusal to express remorse for his criminal conduct closed off the judge’s ability to deliver a sentence lower than the 34 months requested by prosecutors.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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And although Abe offered remorse for Japan’s war crimes at a summit in Indonesia in 2015, the following day three of his cabinet ministers visited the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a memorial to Japan’s war dead and widely seen as a symbol of its militarism.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That feeling of guilt, in other words, can be better described as fear of missing out.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Whether tackling working-parent guilt or the challenges of caring for a newborn, some of the most popular video games are telling stories that tap into contemporary anxieties about parenting.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no shame in a nonlinear path, no imperfection in a winding career.—
Barbara Wittmann,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when patients and doctors shame insurers online, denials get overturned.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Rue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rue. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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