Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 11 compound words that contain woe. The most common are listed below. Open woe in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- tale of woeA narrative or description of one's problems or misfortunes.
- woe betideUsed to warn someone that trouble will occur if that person does something: bad things will happen to.
- in weal and woeIn both prosperity and adversity; in good times and bad.
- tales of woeplural of tale of woe: A narrative or description of one's problems or misfortunes.
- for weal or woeFor better or worse.
Compound words 11
- woefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- woesomeCharacterised or marked by woe; woeful
- woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
- woelessDevoid of woe.
- woewornSynonym of careworn: Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
- woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.
- woefullestsuperlative form of woeful: most woeful
- woefullercomparative form of woeful: more woeful
- woefulnessThe quality of being woeful.
- WoesteA surname from German.