ruth

Nouns

  • (n) United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat,
  • (n) the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
  • (n) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
    • the blind are too often objects of pity
    commiseration, pity, pathos,
  • (n) 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 Book of Ruth,

Synonyms

Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth Sultan of Swat commiseration pity pathos Book of Ruth

Words of close approximity

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rube ruby ruck rudd rude ruff ruga Ruhr ruin rule ruly rump rune rung runt ruse rush rusk rust Ruta
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