woe

1. 1

   Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.countableuncountable

   • Oh, woe is me!
2. 2

   Calamity, trouble.countableuncountable

   • And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
   • Don't let the little woes of life harm you / Let the joy in the life you lead / Let it charm you / Let it charm you now
3. 3

   A curse; a malediction.countableuncountable

   • Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?

syn. affliction · aggrievance · distress · grief · grievance · hardship · misery · ruth · sadness · sorrow · undelight · vexation

ant. benefit · boon · fortune · joy · laugh · treat

1. 1

   Woeful; sorrowfulobsolete

   • hys clerk was wo to do þat dede
   • And looking vp, when as his shield he lakt, / And sword saw not, he wexed wondrous woe

1. 1

   An exclamation of grief.archaic

   • Miranda: O woe, the day.

1. 1

   A close friend; a nigga, homie or bro.slang

syn. affliction · aggrievance · distress · grief · grievance · hardship · misery · ruth · sadness · sorrow · undelight · vexation

ant. benefit · boon · fortune · joy · laugh · treat