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Meanings of woe in английском

португальский
sofrimento
каталонский
sofriment
испанский
sufrimiento

Misery resulting from affliction.

        sofrimento
        португальский
        mágoa
        каталонский
        dolor
        испанский
        dolor

        Intense mournfulness.

              mágoa
              Synonyms
              Examples for "woefulness"
              Examples for "woefulness"
              1
              It was past ludicrous; yet admitted of no woefulness, nothing soothingly pathetic.
              Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1
              2
              Even his mustaches were hanging in woefulness over his carefully shaven chin.
              The Argonauts
              3
              Occasionally, though, there is a play whose woefulness demands a whole new theory.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Drizzling they returned, images of woefulness in various forms, including laughter's.
              The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 1
              5
              Olive understood, or thought she understood, and the woefulness of it all only seemed the deeper.
              The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
              Usage of woe in английском
              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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              Translations for woe
              португальский
              sofrimentoinfelicidademágoadesgraça
              каталонский
              sofrimentdoloraflicciópesarpena
              испанский
              sufrimientodolorpena
              Woe through the time
              Woe across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              Ireland
              Less common
              United States of America
              Rare