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Definition of Woe
1. Noun. Misery resulting from affliction.
Generic synonyms: Miserableness, Misery, Wretchedness
Derivative terms: Suffer
2. Noun. Intense mournfulness.
Generic synonyms: Mournfulness, Ruthfulness, Sorrowfulness
Derivative terms: Woeful
Definition of Woe
1. n. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
2. a. Woeful; sorrowful.
3. n. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
4. a. Woeful; sorrowful.
Definition of Woe
1. Noun. grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) woeful; sorrowful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Woe
1. tremendous grief [n -S]
Medical Definition of Woe
1. 1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. "Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took." (Milton) "[They] weep each other's woe." (Pope) 2. A curse; a malediction. "Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?" (South) Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. " Woe is me! for I am undone." "O! woe were us alive [i.e, in life]" (Chaucer) "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!" (Isa. Xlv. 9) Woe worth, Woe be to. See Worth, "Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray!" (Sir W. Scott) Origin: OE. Wo, wa, woo, AS. Wa, interj.; akin to D. Wee, OS. & OHG. We, G. Weh, Icel. Vei, Dan. Vee, Sw. Ve, Goth. Wai; cf. L. Vae, Gr. Cf. Wail] [Formerly written also wo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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