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rue

English

  1. 🔊 (French) a street or road in France
  2. 🔊 leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
  3. 🔊 European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves
  4. 🔊 sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
    “he drank to drown his sorrows”
  5. 🔊 feel remorse for

Similar words

sorrow regret ruefulness herb of grace ruta graveolens repent regret affliction anguish be sorry for bemoan bewail care commiseration compassion compunction contriteness contrition deplore dole grief heartache heartbreak penance