RUTH meaning: Compassion or pity for another

We found 37 dictionaries that define the word ruth:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

Ruth, ruth: Merriam-Webster
Ruth, ruth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Ruth, Ruth, ruth: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ruth: Collins English Dictionary
Ruth, ruth: Vocabulary.com
Ruth, ruth: Wordnik
Ruth, ruth: Wiktionary
ruth: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ruth: Infoplease Dictionary
Ruth: Dictionary.com
Ruth: Online Etymology Dictionary
Ruth (Venusian crater), Ruth (album), Ruth (band), Ruth (biblical figure), Ruth (dragon), Ruth (film), Ruth (given name), Ruth (novel), Ruth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ruth: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ruth: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Ruth: Rhymezone
Ruth: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ruth: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Ruth: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
ruth: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
ruth: FreeDictionary.org
ruth: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
ruth: Mnemonic Dictionary
Ruth: TheFreeDictionary.com
Ruth: Who2

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

RUTH: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
Ruth (crater), Ruth: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
RUTH, Ruth (crater): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

baby names list (No longer online)
RUTH: Acronym Finder
ruth: A Word A Day
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)

Ruth: Easton Bible
Ruth: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Ruth: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

Ruth: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Ruth: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ruth)

▸ noun:  (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
▸ noun:  (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.
▸ noun:  (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
▸ noun:  (biblical) The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
▸ noun:  A female given name from Hebrew.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

Opposite:

merciless, cruel, unkind, harsh, pitiless

Types:

ruthless, ruthful, ruthlessnes, ruthfulness, more...

Phrases:

Babe Ruth, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Gordon, Ruth Brown, ruth crawford, more...

Adjectives:

little, poor, old, dear, great, young, good, biblical, sweet, gentle, pretty

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