'Woe' definitions:
Definition of 'woe'
From: WordNet
noun
Misery resulting from affliction [syn: suffering, woe]
noun
Intense mournfulness [syn: woe, woefulness]
Definition of 'Woe'
From: GCIDE
- Woe \Woe\, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. Wail.] [Formerly written also wo.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. [1913 Webster]
- Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- [They] weep each other's woe. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A curse; a malediction. [1913 Webster]
- Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice? --South. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. " Woe is me! for I am undone." --Isa. vi. 5. [1913 Webster]
- O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! --Isa. xlv. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Woe worth, Woe be to. See Worth, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray! --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Woe'
From: GCIDE
- Woe \Woe\, a. Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His clerk was woe to do that deed. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
- Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And looking up he waxed wondrous woe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'woe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abomination,
- aching heart,
- affliction,
- agony,
- agony of mind,
- anguish,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- bale,
- bane,
- befoulment,
- bemoaning,
- bewailing,
- bitter cup,
- bitter draft,
- bitter draught,
- bitter pill,
- bitterness,
- bleeding heart,
- blight,
- broken heart,
- bugbear,
- burden,
- burden of care,
- calamity,
- cankerworm of care,
- care,
- carking care,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- corruption,
- cross,
- crown of thorns,
- crushing,
- crushing burden,
- crying evil,
- curse,
- damage,
- death,
- defilement,
- depression,
- depth of misery,
- desolation,
- despair,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- disease,
- distress,
- dole,
- encumbrance,
- evil,
- extremity,
- gall,
- gall and wormwood,
- grief,
- grievance,
- harm,
- havoc,
- heartache,
- heartbreak,
- heartfelt grief,
- heartgrief,
- heavy heart,
- hurt,
- ill,
- infection,
- infelicity,
- infliction,
- injury,
- lamentation,
- languishment,
- load,
- melancholia,
- melancholy,
- misadventure,
- mischief,
- misery,
- nemesis,
- open wound,
- oppression,
- outrage,
- pack of troubles,
- peck of troubles,
- pest,
- pestilence,
- pining,
- plague,
- poison,
- pollution,
- prostration,
- regret,
- rue,
- running sore,
- sadness,
- scourge,
- sea of troubles,
- sorrow,
- sorrowing,
- suicidal despair,
- the worst,
- thorn,
- torment,
- toxin,
- tragedy,
- trouble,
- unhappiness,
- venom,
- vexation,
- visitation,
- waters of bitterness,
- weight,
- wretchedness,
- wrong