Word Meanings - RUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A perennial suffrutescent plant , having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton. They are to try the devil by holy water,

Additional info about word: RUE

A perennial suffrutescent plant , having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton. They are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. Jer. Taylor. 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. Goat's rue. See under Goat. -- Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower common in the United States. -- Wall rue, a little fern common on walls in Europe.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RUE)

• Bewail
• Lament
• deplore
• rue
• bemoan
• sorrow
• grieve
• mourn for
• Repent
• Grieve
• regret
• repine
• lament

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RUE)

• Welcome
• hail
• approve
• abandon
• abjure
• forget
• disregard

Related words: (words related to RUE)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• LAMENTING
  Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak.
• BEWAIL
  To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak. Syn. -- To bemoan; grieve. -- See Deplore.
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• GRIEVE
  1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over;
• MOURNFUL
  Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. -- Mourn"ful*ly, adv. -- Mourn"ful*ness, n. Syn. -- Sorrowful;
• BEWAILING
  Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
• REPINER
  One who repines.
• REPENTANT
  1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton. 2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.
• FORGETTINGLY
  By forgetting.
• DEPLOREDNESS
  The state of being deplored or deplorable. Bp. Hail.
• REGRETFUL
  Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.
• FORGETFUL
  1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2.
• LAMENTED
  Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.
• REPENTANTLY
  In a repentant manner.
• BEWAILABLE
  Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
• FORGETFULNESS
  1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope. 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention;
• LAMENT
  To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• FILAMENTOUS
  Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.
• ENGRIEVE
  To grieve. Spenser.