<WOE> SORROW

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• sorrow — n Sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, anguish, woe, regret, though not close synonyms, share the idea of distress of mind. Sorrow is the most general term, implying a sense of loss or of guilt {when you depart from me, sorrow abides and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Woe — Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Woe worth — Woe Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• woe — [wō] n. [ME wo < OE wa, woe < IE interj. * wai > ON væ, Goth wai, Welsh gwae, L vae] 1. great sorrow; grief; misery 2. a cause of sorrow; affliction; trouble interj. alas …   English World dictionary

• Woe-begone — Woe be*gone , a. [OE. wo begon. See {Woe}, and {Begone}, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] So woe begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• woe — ► NOUN literary 1) great sorrow or distress. 2) (woes) troubles. ● woe betide someone Cf. ↑woe betide someone ● woe is me! Cf. ↑woe is me! …   English terms dictionary

• woe is me! — ► woe is me! humorous an exclamation of sorrow or distress. Main Entry: ↑woe …   English terms dictionary

• sorrow — [n] extreme upset, grief affliction, agony, anguish, bad news*, big trouble*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, grieving, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning …   New thesaurus

• woe — grief, anguish, heartache, heartbreak, *sorrow, regret Analogous words: *distress, suffering, misery, agony, dolor: lamenting, bewailing, bemoaning, deploring (see DEPLORE) Contrasted words: *happiness, bliss, felicity …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• woe — [n] suffering adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, blues*, burden, calamity, care, cataclysm, catastrophe, curse, dejection, deploring, depression, disaster, distress, dole, drag, gloom, grief, grieving, hardship, headache*,… …   New thesaurus