Meaning & use

woe

noun·Advanced

Great sorrow, distress, or misfortune.

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She poured out her woes to her best friend over a cup of tea.

Financial woes forced the small shop to close after twenty years in business.

A note on using this word

Woe often appears in the plural, woes, when referring to a series of troubles rather than one specific sorrow.

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