ruing
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English
Definitions
verb
- To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
- To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
- To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.“I rued the day I crossed paths with her.”
- To feel compassion or pity.
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Synonyms
deploringlamentingregrettingrepentantbemoaningfumingundonedisheartenedconcedingsmartingdownheartedsquanderedmuffingdismayeddisappointedlivid