Past tense of rue
regular verb
The past tense of rue is rued. The past participle is also rued.
Forms of rue
| Base form (V1) | rue /ɹuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rued |
| Past participle (V3) | rued |
| Present participle | ruing |
| Third person singular | rues /ɹuːz/ |
Rued in a sentence
- I rued the day I crossed paths with her.
- And feminization of the homeland is something to be rued, while the feminized humiliation of the enemy for the sake of the fatherland is cause for commendation and celebration.2009, David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race
- Many a citiot (i.e. city idiot) who accidentally trespassed on his property during hunting season had rued the day they had ever crossed his boundary.2017 October 26, Daniel Rose, “Section 14”, in The Book of Able, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry citiot
Meaning of rue
- noun Sorrow; repentance; regret.
- noun Pity; compassion.
- verb To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
Questions about the past tense of rue
- What is the past tense of rue?
- The past tense of rue is rued.
- What is the past participle of rue?
- The past participle of rue is rued.
- Is rue a regular or irregular verb?
- Rue is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rue (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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