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Meaning woe meaning

What does woe mean?

woe

— noun (= suffering) misery resulting from affliction — noun intense mournfulness

Synonyms woe synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as woe?

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sorrow grief distress sadness affliction suffering pain misfortune adversity woe is me trouble trial heartbreak disaster anguish woefulness unhappiness regret misery heartache accident woeful tribulation torment sorrowfulness ordeal lament dolor worry worries worried wo vexation teen sorry smartness smart ruefulness remorse regretfulness plaint pity pitiful pathetic painfulness mourning mishap misadventure hurt hey

Topics woe topics

What do people use woe to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

What words refer to the feeling of sadness?

sadness dejection depression despondency dismal feeling gloom gloominess grief heartache self-pity misery pain sorrow unhappiness woe
What words refer to feeling very sad?

agony anguish desolate despair be in despair disconsolate grief stricken heartbroken inconsolable miserable misery suicidal woe
What words refer to something that causes someone to feel sad?

heartbreak heartache discouragement grief downer tragedy bitter pill to swallow woe

Examples woe examples

How do I use woe in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A woman is the woe of man.

Woe to the vanquished!

Woe to the vanquished.

Woe betide the child who speaks correct English; he will be the laughing-stock of his classmates.

Woe to infidels.

Oh, woe is me!

And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Movie subtitles

And when King Attilla his mount bestrode It was the world over which he rode And when he paused his whip to crack the world cried out - Woe, woe, alack What deeds are now in his mind?

Woe to the unbeliever.

Woe to you, unbeliever.

She had a sad tale of woe regarding her condition.

Woe is me. I'm a victim of the skirling blood of the MacDougalls.

And woe to those who try to stop me!

Ah, woe Listen, did I ever tell you the story about the little mule on the plantation?

But I have that within which passeth show - these but the trappings and the suits of woe.

We pray you, throw to earth this unprevailing woe and think of us as of a father.

O, treble woe fall ten times treble on that cursed head whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense deprived thee of.

Tell your tale of woe to him.

Woe is me.

Woe to him who would harm the people!

This benefactor of people, he will obey, or woe to him and woe to you all!

But woe to the others!

Woe, woe!

For every whip stroke you have bestowed upon my beloved, may you suffer a year of woe.

Woe betide you, if you open!

Woe to the hypocrites, false friends and bandits!

Woe unto Israel.

Woe to you Jonathan.

We built that! And woe to our old Nippon, if we had not learned that from you. there would probably be no free Japan now.

Oh, woe is me!

Woe to you!

Oh, woman. Woe to you!

And woe to you, you useless trunks, if he would not be caught.

No mind that's honest but in it shares some woe; though the main part pertains to you alone.

A song of love is a song of woe.

Woe, woe for England.

Woe to him who seeks to pour oil on the troubled waters. when God has brewed them into a gale.

Yea, woe to him who, as the pilot Paul has it. while preaching to others is himself a castaway.

He only stood staring at the horizon. with the marks of some inner crucifixion and woe deep in his face.

News and current affairs

Woe to any poor country that follows US dictates.

But the euro also seems surprisingly resilient in the face of this woe.

VIENNA - In these days of economic woe, potential pandemic disease, and widespread civil unrest, it may come as a surprise that so many people around the world still view nuclear conflict as the greatest threat facing humanity.