woe
noun /wəʊ/
/wəʊ/
(old-fashioned or humorous)Idioms - woes[plural] the troubles and problems that somebody has
- financial woes
- Thanks for listening to my woes.
- [uncountable] great unhappiness synonym misery
- a tale of woe
Word Originnatural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages.
Idioms
woe betide somebody | woe to somebody
- (formal or humorous) a phrase that is used to warn somebody that there will be trouble for them if they do something or do not do something
- Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
woe is me! exclamation
- (old use or humorous) a phrase that is used to say that you are very unhappy