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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024woe /woʊ/USA pronunciation n. - great distress or trouble:[uncountable]a life of woe.
- a cause of such distress or trouble;
an affliction:[countable]the woes of life.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024woe (wō),USA pronunciation n. - grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:His woe was almost beyond description.
- an affliction:She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
interj. - an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
- bef. 900; Middle English wo (interj. and noun, nominal), Old English wā (interj.) (compare wellaway); cognate with Dutch wee, German Weh, Old Norse vei, Latin vae
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged anguish, tribulation, trial, wretchedness, melancholy. See sorrow.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged joy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: woe /wəʊ/ n - literary intense grief or misery
- (often plural) affliction or misfortune
- woe betide someone ⇒ misfortune will befall someone: woe betide you if you arrive late
interj - Also: woe is me archaic an exclamation of sorrow or distress
Etymology: Old English wā, wǣ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wē, Old Norse vei, Gothic wai, Latin vae, Sanskrit uvē; see wail |