Woe — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

misery resulting from affliction

intense mournfulness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈəʊ/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈoʊ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

suffering woefulness

Word Forms

suffer	verb	experience (emotional) pain
woeful	adjective	affected by or full of grief or woe; - George du Maurier

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Weh

Elend, das aus Kummer resultiert

🇫🇷French

malheur

misère résultant de l'affliction

🇪🇸Spanish

aflicción

miseria resultante de la aflicción

🇮🇹Italian

guai

miseria derivante dall'afflizione

🇳🇱Dutch

wee

ellende die voortkomt uit verdrukking

🇵🇹Portuguese

ai

miséria resultante da aflição

🇷🇺Russian

горе

несчастье, вызванное несчастьем

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शोक

क्लेश से उत्पन्न दुःख

🇧🇩Bengali

দুর্ভাগ্য

দুর্দশা থেকে উদ্ভূত দুঃখ

🇮🇳Tamil

ஐயோ

துன்பத்தின் விளைவாக ஏற்படும் துன்பம்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధ

బాధ ఫలితంగా దుఃఖం

🇮🇳Marathi

दु:ख

दुःखामुळे होणारे दुःख

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુ:ખ

દુ:ખના પરિણામે દુઃખ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಟ

ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ದುಃಖ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഷ്ടം

കഷ്ടതയുടെ ഫലമായുണ്ടാകുന്ന ദുരിതം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਏ

ਦੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਦੁੱਖ

🇵🇰Urdu

افسوس

مصیبت کے نتیجے میں مصیبت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

祸患

因苦难而产生的痛苦

🇯🇵Japanese

悲惨だ

苦しみから生じる悲惨さ

🇰🇷Korean

비애

고난으로 인한 불행

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khốn nạn

đau khổ do phiền não

🇹🇭Thai

วิบัติ

ความทุกข์อันเป็นผลจากความทุกข์

🇮🇩Indonesian

duka

kesengsaraan akibat penderitaan

🇵🇭Filipino

aba

paghihirap na bunga ng paghihirap

🇲🇾Malay

celaka

kesengsaraan akibat kesengsaraan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ويل

البؤس الناتج عن الضيق

🇮🇷Persian

وای

بدبختی ناشی از مصیبت

🇹🇷Turkish

yazık

sıkıntıdan kaynaklanan sefalet

🇮🇱Hebrew

צָרָה

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