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   woe

   /wəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically): literary "the Everton tale of woe continued" Similar miserysorrowdistresswretchednesssadnessunhappinessheartacheheartbreakdespondencydesolationdespairdejectiondepressiongloommelancholyadversitymisfortunedisasterafflictionsufferinghardshippainagonygriefanguishtormentliterary:dolourOpposite happinessjoy
   • ▪ things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles: literary "to add to his woes, customers have been spending less" Similar troubledifficultyproblemtrialtribulationburdencross to bearmisfortunestroke of bad lucksetbackreverseblowmisadventuremishapvicissitudefailureaccidentdisastertragedycatastrophecalamityadversityaffliction

   Word Origin natural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • W

     4

   • O

     1

   • E

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