woe

Definition of woe

Nouns

misery resulting from affliction
Synonyms:
suffering
Type of:
miserableness, misery, wretchedness
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
intense mournfulness
Synonyms:
woefulness
Type of:
mournfulness, ruthfulness, sorrowfulness
a state of gloomy sorrow

Vocabulary Lists for woe

  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

  • monkey jacket
  • spouter
  • inion
  • tomahawk
  • river horse

  • suppliant
  • adjure
  • woe
  • slay
  • suborn

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • estranged
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  • pillory
  • stigma

Shakespeare's Macbeth »(507 words)
An interesting vocabulary list from Macbeth.
  • Macbeth
  • thane
  • weird sister
  • hautboy
  • Duncan

  • woe
  • loquacious
  • pious
  • pompous
  • cacophony

  • unfirm
  • accoutre
  • unbrace
  • preform
  • soothsayer

Words that contain woe