woe
Heavy-hearted anguish felt
Woe is mainly a noun denoting grief, loss, or sorrow.
As an interjection it expresses any of these in a somewhat literary way.
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
affliction · hardship · tribulation · pain · sorrow · heartache · trauma · desolation
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
lamentation · keening · tears · sobbing · weeping · heartbreak · condolence · eulogy
Severe misfortune or disaster
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
setback · plight · predicament · ill-fortune · ruin · downfall · undoing · reversal
Expression of regret
Filled with grief
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
gloomy · forlorn · mournful · somber · lugubrious · melancholia · heavy-hearted · wistful
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- demoralizationLoss of confidence and hope
- disheartenmentLoss of hope or confidence
resignation · bleakness · gloom · pessimism · defeatism · doldrums · downheartedness · despairing
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
distress · affliction · hardship · tribulation · pain · sorrow · heartache · trauma · desolation · pang
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
grieving · lamentation · keening · tears · sobbing · weeping · heartbreak · condolence · eulogy · funeral
calamity
Severe misfortune or disaster
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
adversity · setback · plight · predicament · ill-fortune · ruin · downfall · undoing · reversal · blow
alas
Expression of regret
sorrowful
Filled with grief
brooding · gloomy · forlorn · mournful · somber · lugubrious · melancholia · heavy-hearted · wistful · plaintive
hopelessness
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- demoralizationLoss of confidence and hope
disheartenment · resignation · bleakness · gloom · pessimism · defeatism · doldrums · downheartedness · despairing · inconsolable
woeprosperity
Good fortune, success
good fortune · blessing · relief · comfort · consolation
- woe is meArchaic self-pity phrase
- tale of woeNarrative of suffering
- woe betideWarning of consequences
- parking woesTroubles finding vehicle spots