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woe

/wəʊ/
noun
  1. Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.

    Similar: grief, misery, sorrow

  2. Calamity, trouble.

  3. A curse; a malediction.

Synonymsgrief, misery, sorrow
adjective
  1. Woeful; sorrowful

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