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ruth

/ɹuθ/noun1 syllable

Ruth means: United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).

Synonyms for ruth7

noun, as in United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat

noun, as in a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

commiseration, pity, pathos

noun, as in 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

What does ruth mean?4

noun

1

United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

2

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others“the blind are too often objects of pity”

3

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

4

the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Ruth in a sentence

  • Why would Ruth, of all people, think that?shekitten
  • Ruth is better than Esther at almost everything.shekitten
  • David and Ruth intend to circumcise their newborn.Miktsoanit
  • Ruth and Beyle met at a congress of Esperanto-speaking furries.shekitten
  • I need your professional advice, Ruth.shekitten
  • Although the toolshed was so carefully locked, Ruth knew that the window could be opened.Cangarejo
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an astonishingly strong and powerful American hero.ajaystxus
  • Ruth is better than Esther at everything.shekitten

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Forms of ruth

as a noun

plural
ruths