ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary Builder›Words›W›woe
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woe
great sorrow or distress
Synonyms
- sorrow
- misery
- anguish
Antonyms
- joy
- delight
woe in a sentence
The old sailor's stories were filled with tales of shipwrecks and woe.
The letter described years of woe the family endured after the factory closed and jobs disappeared.
Where it comes from
From Old English wa, an exclamation of grief
Memory hook
WOE sounds like 'whoa' — a gut punch of sadness.
Read it in context
- The Meadow Notebook Nature