woe
An exclamation of griefAn exclamation of grief.
» Woe to the vanquished.
Wehe den Besiegten. — samueldora
Горе переможеним. — aandrusiak
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1 senses(archaic)An exclamation of grief.
weh
го́реgóre
Examples
42 sentencesWoe to the vanquished.
Горе переможеним. — aandrusiak
deWehe den Besiegten. — samueldora
Woe to infidels.
Горе невірним! — aandrusiak
ruГоре неверным! — glavkos
deWehe den Ungläubigen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Woe to the conquered!
Горе переможеним! — hectorvk
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
She broke into cries of woe.
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
From Middle English wo, woo, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai (interFrom Middle English wo, woo, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai (interjection), from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe!”, interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“oh!; ah!; woe!; alas!”, interjection).
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