🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

후회하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: huhoehada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rue/ruː/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 자신의 선택을 후회한다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To feel sorrow or regret for something.

    "He will rue the day he decided to leave the company."
  2. 2

    To wish that something had never happened.

    "She ruefully acknowledged her mistake in judgment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rue' comes from the Old French 'rue', which means 'to regret' or 'to feel sorrow'. It has its roots in the Latin word 'rugere', meaning 'to cry out'. Over time, the term evolved to express a deep sense of remorse or regret for past actions.

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