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Definition of woe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

woe

noun
 
/wəʊ/
 
/wəʊ/
(old-fashioned or humorous)Idioms
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  1. woes
     [plural] the troubles and problems that somebody has
    • financial woes
    • Thanks for listening to my woes.
  2. [uncountable] great unhappiness synonym misery
    • a tale of woe
    3. Word Originnatural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages.
Idioms
woe betide somebody | woe to somebody
  1. (formal or humorous) a phrase that is used to warn somebody that there will be trouble for them if they do something or do not do something
    • Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
woe is me! exclamation
  1. (old use or humorous) a phrase that is used to say that you are very unhappy
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