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woe
[ woh ]
noun
- profound grief or distress:
His woe at the terrible news was almost beyond description.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms:
- an affliction or cause of distress:
She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
interjection
- an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
woe
/ ·Éəʊ /
noun
- literary.intense grief or misery
- often plural affliction or misfortune
- woe betide someonemisfortune will befall someone
woe betide you if you arrive late
interjection
- archaic.Alsowoe is me an exclamation of sorrow or distress
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of woe1
Idioms and Phrases
- woe betide, trouble or punishment will come upon (someone) if they take the specified action: Also woe to.
Woe betide anybody who laughed or continued to talk while he was playing.
Rules about court reporting are strict, and woe betide those who fall foul of them.
Woe to the pedestrian who gets in a cyclist's way.
- woe is me, (used to lament one's own distress, affliction, or trouble, sometimes humorously):
Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Please don't get the wrong impression, thinking this is a “woe is me†story.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The move comes as Rivian aims to grow its business while facing challenges such as supply chain woes, regulations and consumers wary about spending money amid economic uncertainty.
His legal woes clearly didn't harm his political fortunes though.
People are generally trying to save money, too, amid all the impending recession talk and existing pricing woes.
The department has also sought to ease its transport woes by buying more Ford E350 vans.
Furthering Trump’s woes, The Atlantic on Wednesday published a follow-up story that builds upon the first.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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