Sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse When someone experiences woe, they are burdened by a heavy emotional weight, feeling a profound sadness and despair Grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause
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Anguish suggests torturing grief or dread
Woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.
See examples of woe used in a sentence. Listened to his tale of woe A cause of sorrow or misery Definition of woe noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Woe (countable and uncountable, plural woes) great sadness or distress A misfortune causing such sadness Grievous distress, affliction, or trouble
His woe was almost beyond description
She suffered a fall, among her other woes An exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation. There are 21 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word woe, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Literary intense grief or misery 2 → see woe betide someone 4 Woe is me.click for more definitions.
