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Word: Woe
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
natural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
wəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically)
Short Definition:great sorrow or distress
Examples:- he related his tale of woe to me
- Alice was full of woe
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