woe
noun
profound grief or distress.
woes
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pluralof woe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then they look to Europe at the economic woes in Spain and France.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
Then again, Gonzalez noted that in Seaport’s 15 years covering the restaurant industry, mergers and acquisitions weren’t a guaranteed cure for companies’ woes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
This is a major concern when combined with other sources of sea level rise, and could exacerbate the woes of California coastal cities and property owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The hotel’s medical director, Dr. Massimiliano Mayrhofer, assured me that Palace Merano’s combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western science, along with an anti-inflammatory diet, could mitigate some of my menopause woes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Apart from keeping her company, apart from soothing her woes, apart from keeping an occasional eye on her, there was little we could do to improve the situation.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
