Ruing

Synonyms for "ruing" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

bewail calamitous contrite

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

destructive lament regret

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)

regretful remorse remorseful rue ruefulness ruinous

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

adjectivedescriptive adjectiveemotionemotional responseemotional stateemotive adjectivefeelingpsychological statestate of mind

More specific

9 entries

catastrophic contrite contrition destructive lamenting regretful regretting remorse remorseful

Collocations

14 entries

intense ruinglingering ruingmoral ruingruing actionsruing consequencesruing costsruing decisionsruing judgmentsruing missed opportunitiesruing outcomesruing policy changesruing the consequencesruing the dayruing the decision

Inflections

3 entries

rued rues ruings

Derivations

4 entries

rueful ruefully ruefulness ruingly

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Mark asked Jessica to ruing Skura's wedding.

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