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- [woh]
- /woʊ/
- /wəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woh]
- /woʊ/
Definitions of woe word
- noun woe grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description. 1
- noun woe an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes. 1
- noun woe Great sorrow or distress. 1
- noun woe sorrow 1
- noun woe difficulty 1
- uncountable noun woe Woe is very great sadness. 0
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Origin of woe
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English wo (interjection and noun), Old English wā (interjection) (cf. wellaway); cognate with Dutch wee, German Weh, Old Norse vei, Latin vae
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Parts of speech for Woe
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
woe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
woe usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for woe
noun woe
- anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
Antonyms for woe
noun woe
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
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