Related Words for tale of woe

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account
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Noun, Verb
adventure
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Noun, Verb
adversity
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Noun
affair
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Noun
affliction
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Noun
again
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Adverb
agency
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Noun
agonies
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Noun
alarmist
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Adjective, Noun
alas
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Noun
anecdote
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Noun, Verb
anguish
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Noun, Verb
appealing
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Adjective, Noun
ballad
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Noun, Verb
battle
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
begone
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Noun, Verb
bestseller
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Noun
blessing
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Noun
body
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Noun, Verb
book
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Noun, Verb
burlesque
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
calamity
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Noun
caption
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Noun, Verb
close
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
comedic
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Adjective
comic
/x
Adjective, Noun
conclusion
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Noun
conte
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Name
count
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
curse
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Noun, Verb
disaster
x/x
Noun
disgrace
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Noun, Verb
distress
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Noun, Verb
dog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
done
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
doom
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Noun, Verb
earl
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Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
epic
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Noun, Adjective
epilogue
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Noun, Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
fairy
/x
Noun, Adjective
fairy story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fib
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Noun, Verb
fiendish
/x
Adjective
folktale
/x
Noun
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
front
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
geste
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Noun
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
god
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Name, Verb
godmother
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Noun, Verb
grief
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Noun, Verb
heartache
/x
Noun
heartbreak
/x
Noun
hell
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Noun, Adverb, Verb
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
histories
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Noun
hue
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Noun
ignominy
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Noun
inconsolable
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Adjective
introduction
xx/x
Noun
keyed
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Adjective
legend
/x
Noun, Verb
lie
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Verb, Noun
litany
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Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
melancholy
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
melody
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Noun
mercy
/x
Noun, Verb
miseries
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Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
mouth
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Noun, Verb
muted
/x
Adjective
myth
/
Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
narrative
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Noun, Adjective
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
nursery rhyme
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
omen
/x
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
peril
/x
Noun, Verb
picaresque
xx/
Noun, Adjective
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
plight
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Noun, Verb
poem
/x
Noun
poor
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
recital
x/x
Noun
recitation
xx/x
Noun
recognizable
xx/xx
Adjective
recounting
x/x
Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
roman
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Name, Adjective
romance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
sadness
/x
Noun
saga
/x
Noun
say
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
scourge
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Noun, Verb
shame
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
shrill
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sob story
//x
Phrase, Noun
song
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Noun
song and dance
///
Phrase, Noun
sorrow
/x
Noun, Verb
soulful
/x
Adjective, Noun
speak
/
Verb, Noun
spectacle
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Noun
stories
/x
Noun
storyline
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Noun
storytelling
/xxx
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
tail
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
tales
/
Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tall tale
//
Phrase, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
telltale
/x
Adjective, Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
this
/
Adverb, Noun
threat
/
Noun, Verb
throated
/x
Adjective
torment
/x
Noun, Verb
tragedy
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Noun
travail
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Noun, Verb
tribulation
xx/x
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
tune
/
Noun, Verb
unfortunately
x/xxx
Adverb
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
unheard
x/
Adjective
wee
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
witness
/x
Noun, Verb
woes
/
Noun
wolfish
/x
Adjective
wretchedness
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Noun
yarn
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Noun, Verb