Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

wae

American  
[wey] / weɪ /

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. woe.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

At Joy, also in Maryland, executive pastry chef Genesis Flores has put ube soft serve on the menu, coupled with salted peanut caramel, lemon-ginger syrup, honeycomb toffee, bee pollen and wae pieces.

From Salon May 16, 2024

Far from being the work of drunken printers, this is Britain's Initial Teaching Alphabet ?a nue wae too lern too reed and riet that Education Minister Sir Edward Boyle last month pronounced "a remarkable success."

From Time Magazine Archive

She looked up at him with burning, tearless eyes; for she wae about to pluck her very heart out.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

He's mounted on his coal-black steed,— O but his heart was wae!

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

Bonny, sir, as ony that ever walked the High Street or the Canongate; and the mair wae, sir.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training