Meaning of Woe | Babel Free
wəʊDefinitions
Examples
“Oh, woe is me!”
“Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all our woe, she took.”
“Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose / That well-known name⟳ awakens all my woes.”
“But if there was a competition between a ſick family and a new broach, the broach was ſure to carry⟳ the day. This would not have⟳ been the caſe, had they been habituated to viſit themſelves the abodes of penury and woe.”
“The Friday night rains which wrecked families in Kurabarahalli saw⟳ all the three major political parties making a beeline to express⟳ their condolences, listen⟳ to their woes and provide⟳ compensation in the hope⟳ of garnering their goodwill ahead of the 2018 assembly elections.”
“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason⟳ of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound⟳!”
“Don't let⟳ the little woes of life harm⟳ you / Let⟳ the joy in the life you lead⟳ / Let⟳ it charm you / Let⟳ it charm you now”
“Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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