rueing
Lamenting past choices
Rueing is feeling regret or sorrow about something, typically a past decision or action.
The word appears most often in the phrase rueing the day: She'll be rueing the day she turned down that offer.
It's the present participle of rue, a somewhat literary verb for remorseful reflection.
Feeling sorrow over past
- lamentingExpressing passionate grief
- bemoaningExpressing sorrow vocally
- repentingShowing sincere regret
- mourningPeriod following loss
sorrowing · grieving · deploring · agonizing · remorse · hindsight · wishing · second-guessing
Period following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
nostalgia · wistfulness · melancholy · heartache · sorrow · absence · departed · gone
Act of selecting
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- missedFailed to reach
- lostUnable to navigate
squandered · foolish · hasty · rash · impulsive · shortsighted · haste · rashness
regretting
Feeling sorrow over past
- lamentingExpressing passionate grief
- bemoaningExpressing sorrow vocally
- repentingShowing sincere regret
mourning · sorrowing · grieving · deploring · agonizing · remorse · hindsight · wishing · second-guessing · self-reproach
mourning
Period following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
longing · nostalgia · wistfulness · melancholy · heartache · sorrow · absence · departed · gone · forsaken
choice
Act of selecting
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- missedFailed to reach
lost · squandered · foolish · hasty · rash · impulsive · shortsighted · haste · rashness · folly
rueingcelebrating
Observing with festivity
rejoicing · savoring · relishing · cherishing · appreciating