Woe
noun
Sadness, suffering, or a problem.
He was overcome with woe after his dog passed away.
Often appears as...
- filled with woe
- tale of woe
noun
A trouble or difficulty.
The woes of their life can be traced back to their childhood.
Often appears as...
- the world's woes
- life's woes
interjection
An exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Woe is me! I have lost everything.
Often appears as...
- woe is me
- woe unto them
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Literary
noun
A cause of sorrow or distress.
His drug addiction has been a woe to his family.
Often appears as...
- a woe to him
- a woe to the family
noun
Sadness, suffering, or a problem.
He was overcome with woe after his dog passed away.
Often appears as...
- filled with woe
- tale of woe
noun
A trouble or difficulty.
The woes of their life can be traced back to their childhood.
Often appears as...
- the world's woes
- life's woes
interjection
An exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Woe is me! I have lost everything.
Often appears as...
- woe is me
- woe unto them
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A cause of sorrow or distress.
His drug addiction has been a woe to his family.
Often appears as...
- a woe to him
- a woe to the family
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Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Intensity
Use 'woe' to describe deep sadness or when emphasizing the seriousness of a situation.
Her eyes mirrored the woe of a mother who lost her child.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Casual
'Woe' is more profound than 'sadness' and may sound overly dramatic in casual conversations.
He could only whisper his woe, feeling it was too intense for light talk.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Intensity
Use 'woe' to describe deep sadness or when emphasizing the seriousness of a situation.
Her eyes mirrored the woe of a mother who lost her child.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Casual
'Woe' is more profound than 'sadness' and may sound overly dramatic in casual conversations.
He could only whisper his woe, feeling it was too intense for light talk.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Intensity
Use 'woe' to describe deep sadness or when emphasizing the seriousness of a situation.
Her eyes mirrored the woe of a mother who lost her child.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Casual
'Woe' is more profound than 'sadness' and may sound overly dramatic in casual conversations.
He could only whisper his woe, feeling it was too intense for light talk.
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Steven Pinker and...
is to the other a cause of mourning. Whatever is unfortunate in war, is severely so indeed, and whatever, on the contrary, is called good fortune, is a savage and a cruel good fortune, an ungenerous happiness deriving its existence from another's woe. But everyone knows that the movement
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The battle of the Greek...
singing the strophe and antistrophe, telling misbegotten tales of woe. Today's first chorus is entering through the parados, taking their positions in the orchestra at the bottom of the stage. Mario Lopedokia, this is nothing we haven't seen before.
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How protest is...
Our political leaders seem helpless, insisting on austerity, even as public goods diminish to levels unseen in decades. And this is when they're not succumbing to exclusionary nationalism, blaming our woes on the weak rather than the powerful.
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Indian Exorcist Banishes...
northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in strikingly similar ways usually at twilight women walking down lonely roads
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In search for the man...
the tale of woe he had begun over the phone 16 years before. He'd just had surgery on his eyes, he said. He had problems with his side and his legs too, and, oh, he'd lost his teeth in the crash. Did I wish to see him remove them?
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How the worst moments in...
that nirvana is what arrives when all your woe is behind you, and you have only bliss to look forward to. But he said that would not be nirvana, because your bliss in the present would always be shadowed by the joy from the past.
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Indian Cave Exorcism PIPE...
have traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in
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Big Cats: Lifestyles of...
fascinating lifestyle of the woe of the leopard unlike their lion cousins leopards are solitary creatures staking out turf about the only time they are by themselves is well I mean what male can
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Exorcism In India PIPE...
traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turned stiff but their woes appear to begin in
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Exorcism in India PIPE...
traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in
Video examples
Steven Pinker and...
is to the other a cause of mourning. Whatever is unfortunate in war, is severely so indeed, and whatever, on the contrary, is called good fortune, is a savage and a cruel good fortune, an ungenerous happiness deriving its existence from another's woe. But everyone knows that the movement
Video examples
The battle of the Greek...
singing the strophe and antistrophe, telling misbegotten tales of woe. Today's first chorus is entering through the parados, taking their positions in the orchestra at the bottom of the stage. Mario Lopedokia, this is nothing we haven't seen before.
Video examples
How protest is...
Our political leaders seem helpless, insisting on austerity, even as public goods diminish to levels unseen in decades. And this is when they're not succumbing to exclusionary nationalism, blaming our woes on the weak rather than the powerful.
Video examples
Indian Exorcist Banishes...
northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in strikingly similar ways usually at twilight women walking down lonely roads
Video examples
In search for the man...
the tale of woe he had begun over the phone 16 years before. He'd just had surgery on his eyes, he said. He had problems with his side and his legs too, and, oh, he'd lost his teeth in the crash. Did I wish to see him remove them?
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
that nirvana is what arrives when all your woe is behind you, and you have only bliss to look forward to. But he said that would not be nirvana, because your bliss in the present would always be shadowed by the joy from the past.
Video examples
Indian Cave Exorcism PIPE...
have traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in
Video examples
Big Cats: Lifestyles of...
fascinating lifestyle of the woe of the leopard unlike their lion cousins leopards are solitary creatures staking out turf about the only time they are by themselves is well I mean what male can
Video examples
Exorcism In India PIPE...
traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turned stiff but their woes appear to begin in
Video examples
Exorcism in India PIPE...
traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy sometimes my eyes roll up my neck turns stiff but their woes appear to begin in
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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William Blake
English Poet
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
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Jenna Blum
American Writer
All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.
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Pearl Bailey
American Actress
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.
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Buddha
Leader
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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William Blake
English Poet
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
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Jenna Blum
American Writer
All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.
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Pearl Bailey
American Actress
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.
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Buddha
Leader
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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