Ruth
noun
1 Ruth
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
synonyms: Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat.
2 Ruth
The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
3 ruth
A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others.
synonyms: commiseration, pathos, pity.
Roget 914: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency ... show more
Dutch: deernis, medelijden, jammer
4 Ruth
A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died.
synonym: Book of Ruth.
Dutch: Ruth
Moby thesaurus: attrition, benevolence, clemency, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolence, contrition, favor, feeling, forbearance, forgiveness, grace, humanity, kindness, leniency, mercy, mitigation, pardon, pathos ... show more.
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