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rue   (TTS Sound)

The noun rue has 4 senses

• rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens -- (European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy)


• rue -- (leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy)


• sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness -- (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game")


• rue -- ((French) a street or road in France)

The verb rue has 1 sense

• repent, regret, rue -- (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about)