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- DictionaryWoe/wō/
noun
- 1. great sorrow or distress: literary "they had a complicated tale of woe" Similar miserysorrowdistresswretchednesssadnessunhappinessheartacheheartbreakdespondencydesolationdespairdejectiondepressiongloommelancholyadversitymisfortunedisasterafflictionsufferinghardshippainagonygriefanguishtormentliterary:dolorOpposite happinessjoy
- ▪ things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles: literary "to add to his woes, customers have been spending less" Similar troubledifficultyproblemtrialtribulationburdencross to bearmisfortunestroke of bad lucksetbackreverseblowmisadventuremishapvicissitudefailureaccidentdisastertragedycatastrophecalamityadversityaffliction
Word Origin natural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages.
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