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Meanings of woe in anglès

portuguès
sofrimento
català
sofriment
espanyol
sufrimiento

Misery resulting from affliction.

sofriment
portuguès
mágoa
català
dolor
espanyol
dolor

Intense mournfulness.

dolor
Usage of woe in anglès
1
Preamble: It's Wednesday and both these problem children are full of woe.
The Guardian
2
Tommy sat in the middle of the floor the picture of woe.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas; Or, Fun and Frolic in the S...
3
The Belgian people live now in the abyss of want and woe.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
4
The faithful hero fled from that affliction; too bitter was the woe.
Codex Junius 11
5
Each morn that dawns I wake in travail and in woe, And
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
6
The indictment against the large unwanted family is written in human woe.
Woman and the New Race
7
But woe to the hapless team that stalled in the treacherous quicksands.
Reminiscences of a Pioneer
8
He was tall and slender and clad in the habiliments of woe.
Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
9
Every boat that plied hence seemed to bring some news of woe.
Caleb's crossing
10
There were so many ways they could have said, woe is me.
Reuters
11
There was something affecting in the proud woe of this grand patrician.
"My Novel" — Volume 10
12
Thereat the prince was overwhelmed with woe, and grievously wounded in spirit.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
13
Nothing escapes them and they bring sadness and woe in their wake.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
14
Steeped in woe, Sophia thought wearily upon the hopeless problem of existence.
The Old Wives' Tale
15
He it is that assigns them their place in bliss or woe.
The Adventures of Ulysses
16
The brief glimpses of health made the woe which followed only darker.
Thyrza
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Woe across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare