WOE

[noun] [U] [formal] - extreme sadnessHer clothes were tattered and her face was lined and full of woe.Last Saturday was a day of woe for the team because they lost the final 3-2.He told me a real tale of woe about how he had lost both his job and his house in the same week.If you say woe betide someone, it means there will be trouble for them.This is the second time he's been sent home from school this week, so woe betide him if it happens again!(old use or humorous) If you say woe is me, you are expressing how unhappy you are.I'm cold and wet and I haven't even got enough money for my bus fare home. Oh woe is me!