释义
[ woh ] SHOW IPA
/ woʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
interjection an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Origin of woe First recorded before 900; Middle English wo (interjection and noun), Old English wā (interjection) (cf. wellaway); cognate with Dutch wee, German Weh, Old Norse vei, Latin vae
SYNONYMS FOR woe 1 anguish, tribulation, trial, wretchedness, melancholy.
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synonym study for woe 1 . See sorrow.
Words nearby woe wocas, Wodehouse, Woden, wodge, Wodzislaw Slaski, woe , woebegone, woeful, woesome, wof, Woffington
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If he had the misfortune to cross their path, it brought him a world of woe , and finally his downfall.
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Woe to those who shall pity you; you, the richest man of this country.
Now I knew that it was: and also I knew that the world was a place of torment and woe .
They Call Me Carpenter | Upton Sinclair
But before I give you time even for that, the remaining mysteries which still hang around your tale of woe shall be cleared up.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23. | Various
Who can avoid its excitement when an object of distress is seen, or a tale of woe narrated?
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British Dictionary definitions for woe noun literary intense grief or misery
(often plural) affliction or misfortune
woe betide someone misfortune will befall someone woe betide you if you arrive late
interjection Also: woe is me archaic an exclamation of sorrow or distress
Word Origin for woe Old English wā, wǣ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wē, Old Norse vei, Gothic wai, Latin vae, Sanskrit uvē; see wail
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Words related to woe gloom, misfortune, pain, hardship, catastrophe, calamity, burden, misery, trouble, headache, anguish, tragedy, adversity, disaster, distress, misadventure, dole, unhappiness, affliction, blues