woe — great sorrow or distress
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: great sorrow or distress
Pronunciation (IPA): /woʊ/
Example Sentences
- The student's face was full of woe when he realized he had studied for the wrong exam.
- She told us her tale of woe about losing her phone and wallet on the same day.
- Woe betide anyone who tries to eat my chocolate without asking!
woe
NOUN[/woʊ/]
great sorrow or distress
After losing everything in the storm, the old fisherman sat in silent woe by his broken boat.
Let the tears of woe gently flow, and watch your sorrow slowly go!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old English 'wa' or 'woe', related to Proto-Germanic '*wai', expressing grief or lamentation. The word has Germanic roots and is cognate with similar expressions of sorrow in other Germanic languages.
Breakdown
woe (noun) - a single morpheme with no further breakdown; the complete word itself means great sorrow or distress, with no identifiable prefix or suffix components
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The student's face was full of woe when he realized he had studied for the wrong exam.”
“She told us her tale of woe about losing her phone and wallet on the same day.”
“Woe betide anyone who tries to eat my chocolate without asking!”
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