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woe

/woʊ/noun1 syllable

Woe means: misery resulting from affliction.

Synonyms for woe17

noun, as in misery resulting from affliction

suffering

noun, as in intense mournfulness

woefulness

also used for woe

grief, sorrow, misery, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, adversity, apocalypse, calamity, catastrophe, disaster

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What does woe mean?2

noun

1

misery resulting from affliction

2

intense mournfulness

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with woe?60

two syllables

agoalthoughbelowhello

three syllables

ceo
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All 60 rhymes for woe, grouped by syllable

Woe in a sentence

  • Woe to those who presume that they are destined to ‘enlighten’ others, not themselves!shanghainese
  • Woe is me, my son hasn't returned since he went away!anzart
  • Woe to you, your language and culture will be destroyed!Igider
  • Woe to those who are obese in a society where slimness is the norm.Dreamk33
  • Woe to those who shut the mouths of the people.AlanF_US
  • I have long been sorrowing lamenting for your woes.mhenderson5
  • He who fears new remedies must endure old woes.bretsky
  • The writing group is about to meet to discuss all of our writing woes.JHR

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Forms of woe

as a noun

plural
woes