woe
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/icons/point.icon SORROW, GRIEF, ANGUISH, WOE, REGRET mean distress of mind.
SORROW implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse.
e.g. a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death
GRIEF implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause.
e.g. the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents
ANGUISH suggests torturing grief or dread.
e.g. the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child
WOE is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.
e.g. cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city
REGRET implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse.
e.g. nagging regret for missed opportunities
noun literary
great sorrow or distress:
｟文｠ 深い悲しみ, 悲哀, 悲痛
e.g. they had a complicated tale of woe.
(woes) things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖通例～s〗 災い, 困難
e.g. to add to his woes, customers have been spending less.
PHRASES
woe betide someone (or woe to someone)
used humorously to warn someone that they will be in trouble if they do a specified thing:
e.g. woe betide anyone wearing the wrong color!
woe is me!
an ironic or humorous exclamation of sorrow or distress.
ORIGIN
natural exclamation of lament: recorded as wā in Old English and found in several Germanic languages.