Synonyms for woe
woʊwoe

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1. woe

   Synonyms:
   grief, sorrow, misery, calamity, affliction, distress, disaster, trouble, malediction, curse

   Antonyms:
   joy, gladness, comfort, boon, happiness, prosperity, weal, benediction, blessing

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1. suffering, woenoun

   misery resulting from affliction

   Synonyms:
   agony, suffering, distress, hurt, woefulness, excruciation

2. woe, woefulnessnoun

   intense mournfulness

   Synonyms:
   suffering, woefulness

Matched Categories

1. • Misery
   • Mournfulness

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1. woenoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, grief, distress, tribulation, affliction, anguish, agony, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, unhappiness, trouble, heart-ache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, mental suffering, pain of mind

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1. List of paraphrases for "woe":

   misfortune, grief, wee, sorrow, unhappiness, misery

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1. Homer:

   May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this -when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their enemies and joy to their friends, and win high renown.

2. Eric Hoffer:

   Woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

3. Phaedra Al-Majid:

   Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report Tuesday FIFA corruption.

4. David Raistrick:

   Current levels are hugely positive, and flat sales this coming year, or even a slight reduction, should still be seen as a positive position, and not a tale of woe.

5. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 3 scene 1:

   O, woe is me,To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!