Definition of Woe

n.1.
1.Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
[They] weep each other's woe.
- Pope.
2.A curse; a malediction.
O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life].
- Chaucer.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
- Isa. xlv. 9.
Woe worth
Woe be to. See Worth, v. i.
a.1.Woeful; sorrowful.
His clerk was woe to do that deed.
- Robert of Brunne.
And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.
- Spenser.


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