/woh/ , n.
1. grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
2. an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
interj.
3. an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
[ bef. 900; ME wo (interj. and n.), OE wa (interj.) (cf. WELLAWAY); c. D wee, G Weh, ON vei, L vae ]
Syn. 1. anguish, tribulation, trial, wretchedness, melancholy. See sorrow .
Ant. 1. joy.