woe

/wou/
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woe

A child's face shows woe after dropping their ice cream cone.

Definition

Noun 1. Great sorrow or distress; deep grief or misery. This refers to a state of intense emotional suffering, often caused by misfortune or loss. 2. A cause or source of sorrow, grief, or affliction; a trouble or misfortune. This refers to the specific event or circumstance that brings about deep sadness.

Usage

The word "woe" is a formal and literary term for expressing profound sadness or misfortune. It is often used in exclamations, set phrases, or to describe severe hardship. * It is used to express deep personal grief or lamentation. * It is used to describe calamities or great troubles, often in a somewhat poetic or dramatic context.

Examples
  • Expressing sorrow:
    • She was full of woe after hearing the tragic news.
    • His face was etched with woe.
  • Referring to misfortunes:
    • The economic crisis brought many woes upon the population.
    • He recounted the woes of his difficult journey.
  • In exclamations (archaic/literary):
    • Woe is me! (An exclamation of lamentation, meaning "I am afflicted with sorrow!")
Advanced Usage
  • "Woe betide (someone)": A literary phrase used as a warning, meaning "a great misfortune will befall (someone)."
    • Woe betide anyone who disturbs the king.
  • "Tale of woe": A story or account full of misfortunes and sadness.
    • He told me a long tale of woe about his failed business.
Variants and Related Words
  • Woeful (adjective): Characterized by, expressing, or causing woe; sorrowful; lamentable.
    • A woeful expression; a woeful state of affairs.
  • Woefully (adverb): In a manner expressing woe; deplorably or regrettably.
    • He sighed woefully. The project is woefully underfunded.
Synonyms
  • Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss or disappointment.
  • Grief: Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.
  • Misery: A state of great distress or discomfort.
  • Anguish: Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
  • Affliction: Something that causes pain or suffering.
  • Tribulation: A cause of great trouble or suffering.
Idioms and Phrases
  • Woe is me: An exclamation of lamentation for one's own misfortune (archaic/literary in tone).
  • Weal and woe: A phrase meaning "good times and bad times" or "prosperity and adversity."
    • They promised to share weal and woe.
woe

A child's face shows woe after dropping their ice cream cone.

Noun
  1. intense mournfulness
  2. misery resulting from affliction

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