woe: Meaning and Definition of
woe
Pronunciation: (wō), [key]
— n.
- grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
- an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
—interj.
- an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
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