Woe

n.	1.
	1.	Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took. - Milton. [They] weep each other's woe. - Pope.
	2.	A curse; a malediction. Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice? - South. O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. - Chaucer. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! - Isa. xlv. 9. Woe worth Woe be to. See Worth, v. i. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray! - Sir W. Scott.
a.	1.	Woeful; sorrowful. His clerk was woe to do that deed. - Robert of Brunne. Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed. - Chaucer. And looking up he waxed wondrous woe. - Spenser.

Noun	1.	woe - misery resulting from affliction Synonyms: suffering
	2.	woe - intense mournfulness Synonyms: woefulness

abomination, aching heart, affliction, agony of mind, atrocity, bad, bale, bane, befoulment, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, bitterness, bleeding heart, blight, broken heart, bugbear, burden, burden of care, calamity, cankerworm of care, care, carking care, cataclysm, catastrophe, corruption, cross, crown of thorns, crushing, crushing burden, crying evil, curse, damage, death, defilement, depression, depth of misery, desolation, despair, despoliation, destruction, detriment, disease, dole, encumbrance, extremity, gall, gall and wormwood, grievance, harm, havoc, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief, heartgrief, heavy heart, hurt, ill, infection, infelicity, infliction, injury, lamentation, languishment, load, melancholia, melancholy, misadventure, mischief, nemesis, open wound, oppression, outrage, pack of troubles, peck of troubles, pest, pestilence, pining, plague, poison, pollution, prostration, regret, rue, running sore, scourge, sea of troubles, sorrowing, suicidal despair, the worst, thorn, toxin, tragedy, unhappiness, venom, vexation, visitation, waters of bitterness, weight, wretchedness, wrong