Abbreviation ofEnglishWoleaian.
woe
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forWoleaian.
FromMiddle Englishwo,wei,wa, fromOld Englishwā,wǣ, fromProto-West Germanic*wai, fromProto-Germanic*wai(interjection), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*wáy(interjection).
See alsoDutchwee,GermanWeh,weh,Danishve,Yiddishוויי(vey); alsoLatinvae,Albanianvaj,Frenchouais,Ancient Greekοὐαί(ouaí),Persianوای(vây) (Turkishvay, a Persian borrowing),Proto-Slavic*uvy (whenceRussianувы́(uvý)), andArmenianվայ(vay).
woe (countable anduncountable,pluralwoes)
- Greatsadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
- Synonyms:grief,sorrow,misery;see alsoThesaurus:sadness,Thesaurus:woe
1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all ourwoe, she took.
1808, [Hannah More], chapter VI, inCœlebs in Search of a Wife. […], volume I, London: […] [Strahan and Preston] forT[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […],→OCLC,pages68–69:But if there was a competition between a ſick family and a new broach, the broach was ſure to carry the day. This would not have been the caſe, had they been habituated to viſit themſelves the abodes of penury andwoe.
- October 14 2017, Sandeep Moudgal,The Times of India,Rains devastate families, political parties make beeline to apply balm on open wounds:
- The Friday night rains which wrecked families in Kurabarahalli saw all the three major political parties making a beeline to express their condolences, listen to theirwoes and provide compensation in the hope of garnering their goodwill ahead of the 2018 assembly elections.
- Calamity,trouble.
- Synonyms:adversity;see alsoThesaurus:disaster
1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Revelation8:13:And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,Woe,woe,woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
1980,Chaka Khan, “Nothing's Gonna Take You Away”, inNaughty (Chaka Khan album):Don't let the littlewoes of life harm you / Let the joy in the life you lead / Let it charm you / Let it charm you now
- Acurse; amalediction.
1692–1717,Robert South,Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:Can there be awoe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
- Arabic:حَزَن(ḥazan)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac:ܘܵܝܵܐ(wāya)
- Bulgarian:беда (bg) f(beda),злочестие n(zločestie),скръб (bg) f(skrǎb)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:悲痛 (zh)(bēitòng),悲慟 /悲恸 (zh)(bēitòng),悲恸 (zh)(bēitòng)
- Cornish:gew m
- Czech:trápení (cs) n,strast (cs) f,běda (cs) f,hoře (cs) n
- Dutch:droefheid (nl),lijden (nl),ellende (nl),ongeluk (nl)
- Egyptian: (jꜥnw)
- Finnish:suru (fi),tuska (fi)
- French:tristesse (fr) f,douleur (fr) f,misère (fr) f,malheur (fr) m
- Galician:aflición (gl) f,mágoa (gl) f,infelicidade (gl) f
- German:Weh (de) n,Jammer (de) m,Kummer (de) m,Leid (de) n
- Greek:θλίψη (el) f(thlípsi),συμφορά (el) f(symforá)
- Hebrew:אבוי (he)(avoy),צער (he) m(tsa'ar),יגון (he) m(yagon)
- Italian:dolore (it) m,disgrazia (it) f,guaio (it) m
- Latin:dolor (la),luctus
- Low German:
- German Low German:Weh n
- Maori:aitu
- Norwegian:sorg (no) m
- Occitan:dolor (oc) f,patiment (oc) m,patiràs m
- Polish:nieszczęście (pl) n,żałość (pl) f,cierpienie (pl) n,niedola (pl) f
- Portuguese:desgraça (pt) f,infelicidade (pt) f,mágoa (pt) f
- Romanian:durere (ro) f,suferință (ro) f,mâhnire (ro) f,nenorocire (ro) f
- Russian:печа́ль (ru) f(pečálʹ),грусть (ru) f(grustʹ),го́ре (ru)(góre)
- Scottish Gaelic:dòlas m,truaighe f,sgad m
- Spanish:pena (es) f,infortunio (es) m,ay (es) m,congoja (es) f,mal (es) m
- Swedish:sorg (sv),ve (sv)
- Turkish:üzüntü (tr),sıkıntı (tr),kaygı (tr),ur (tr)dert (tr),gam (tr),keder (tr),teessür (tr),
- Vietnamese:khốn (vi)
- Woiwurrung:(pleaseverify)woo
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woe (comparativemorewoe,superlativemostwoe)
- (obsolete)Woeful;sorrowful
- Synonyms:miserable;see alsoThesaurus:sad
1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 53:And looking vp, when as his shield he lakt, / And sword saw not, he wexed wondrouswoe
1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i],page17:Prospero: I amwoe for't, Sir.
woe
- (archaic) An exclamation ofgrief.
1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii],page 2:Miranda: Owoe, the day.
woe
- (informal)abbreviation ofvole (man,dude)
- ellipsis ofty vole
woe
- where
- Woe is Sjeng? ―Where is Sjeng?
FromOld Dutch*wuo, fromProto-Germanic*hwō.
woe
- (eastern)alternative form ofhoe
woe
- (Herebert)alternative form ofwe(“we”)
