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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rue the day en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To seriously regret one's actions.
    • Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark 2017, Lorde, “Writer in the Dark”, in Melodrama:
    • I: I think there may be something living in there. I think there may be something alive. Withnail: What d'you mean? A rat? I: It's possible. It's possible. Withnail: Then the fucker will rue the day! 1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:
    • As far as they were concerned, he must be ruing the day he ever met Sally. 2009, Erica James, It's The Little Things:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rues the day Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ruing the day Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rued the day Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rued the day Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

live to regret