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Noun: woe  wow
  1. Misery resulting from affliction
    "The poem spoke of the woe of lost love";
    - suffering
     
  2. Intense mournfulness
    "The woe of the widow's cries touched everyone at the funeral";
    - woefulness

Sounds like: wise, whyss, woe, w

Derived forms: woes

Type of: miserableness, misery, mournfulness, ruthfulness, sorrowfulness, wretchedness

Encyclopedia: Woe, ghana