Rue
French road word
Rue is both a verb and a noun.
As a verb, it means to bitterly regret or feel remorse for something: He’ll rue the day he crossed her.
As a noun, rue refers to a perennial herb (Ruta graveolens) with feathery leaves and a strong, bitter scent, historically used in folk medicine and cooking.
In ancient Greece, rue was believed to ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight.
Its name is also linked to its symbolic association with regret, as in Shakespeare’s “Herb of Grace”.
Guilt for wrongdoing
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- repentFeel remorse, resolve change
- mournGrieve for the dead
grieve · anguish · contrition · penitence · woe · deplore · bemoan · guilt
Of France's capital
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- avenueBroad urban roadway
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- addressSpeak to formally
arrondissement · quartier · Latin · Montmartre · thoroughfare · cobblestone · promenade · lane
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
mourn · grieve · anguish · contrition · penitence · woe · deplore · bemoan · guilt · shame
Parisian
Of France's capital
address · arrondissement · quartier · Latin · Montmartre · thoroughfare · cobblestone · promenade · lane · passage
botanical
Related to plants
garden · culinary · perennial · leaves · herbaceous · tincture · poultice · remedy · foliage · pungent