rueing

Verb

rue (third-person singular simple present rues, present participle ruing or rueing, simple past and past participle rued)

1. (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
   • to rue the day

   Synonyms:

   afterthink, deprecate, regret, repent

2. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.

   Synonyms:

   forthink, put the fear of God into, think over

3. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.

   Synonyms:

   deject, depress, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down

4. (archaic, intransitive, obsolete, often with on or upon) To feel compassion or pity; to take pity (on), to have compassion (on).
   • […] till our Lord's clouds rue upon the earth, and send down a watring of rain: Truly , I think Christ's misty dew a welcome message from heaven, till my Lord's rain fall : […]1724, Samuel Rutherford, Mr. Rutherfoord's Letters, now divided in three parts ... The fifth edition, page 316

   Synonyms:

   commiserate, compassionate, feel sorry for, mercify, compassion, condole, feel someone's pain, pity, take pity

5. (archaic, intransitive) To feel sorrow or regret.
   • Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Death of the Old Year”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   grieve, mourn, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieven

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