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woe

interjection

Synonyms and Antonyms of woe

used to express sorrow or distress
  • Oh, woe, I have lost my best friend.
Synonyms of woe

alack, alas, ay
Words Related to woe

ouch, ow

aw, phooey, rats, sheesh, shucks

bah, boo, fie, ho hum, humph, pish, pooh, tsk, tush, tut, yuck (also yuk)
Near Antonyms of woe

alleluia, glory, hallelujah

ha, hey, hooray (also hurrah), hot dog, whee, whoopee, wow, yahoo, yippee

woe

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of woe

1 a state of great suffering of body or mind
  • a tale of misery and woe
Synonyms of woe

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation
Words Related to woe

discomfort

cross, crucible, trial

heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

emergency, pinch

asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor

ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge

danger, jeopardy, trouble
Near Antonyms of woe

comfort, consolation, solace

alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief

peace, security

well-being
2 deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
  • the incessant woe that she has felt since she lost her friend
Synonyms of woe

affliction, anguish, dolefulness, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorrow
Words Related to woe

agony, distress, pain, suffering, torment

blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchedness

contrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shame

melancholia, self-pity
Near Antonyms of woe

gaiety (also gayety), humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness

hopefulness, optimism, sunniness

enjoyment

content, contentedness, contentment
Antonyms of woe

bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness

Synonym Discussion of woe

sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret mean distress of mind. sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse.
    • a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death
grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause.
    • the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents
anguish suggests torturing grief or dread.
    • the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child
woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.
    • cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city
regret implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse.
    • nagging regret for missed opportunities

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