"ruesome" meaning in English

See ruesome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ruesome [comparative], most ruesome [superlative]
Etymology: rue + -some Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rue|some}} rue + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} ruesome (comparative more ruesome, superlative most ruesome)
  1. rueful
    Sense id: en-ruesome-en-adj-el57jKyZ
  2. to be regretted; unfortunate
    Sense id: en-ruesome-en-adj-IuRouDML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 0 100

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