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"word": "for weal or woe"
},
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"word": "in weal and woe"
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"word": "tale of woe"
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"word": "woebegone"
},
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"word": "woe betide"
},
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"word": "woeful"
},
{
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"word": "woe is me"
},
{
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"word": "woe to"
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"1": "da",
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"expansion": "Danish ve",
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{
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"1": "yi",
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},
"expansion": "Yiddish וויי (vey)",
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"1": "la",
"2": "vae"
},
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"expansion": "Albanian vaj",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "fr",
"2": "ouais"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "οὐαί"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "وای",
"tr": "vây"
},
"expansion": "Persian وای (vây)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "vay"
},
"expansion": "Turkish vay",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "վայ"
},
"expansion": "Armenian վայ (vay)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wo, wei, wa, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai (interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (interjection).\nSee also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey); also Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian վայ (vay).",
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"plural"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "October 14 2017, Sandeep Moudgal, The Times of India, Rains devastate families, political parties make beeline to apply balm on open wounds",
"text": "The Friday night rains which wrecked families in Kurabarahalli saw all the three major political parties making a beeline to express their condolences, listen to their woes and provide compensation in the hope of garnering their goodwill ahead of the 2018 assembly elections."
}
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"word": "grief"
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{
"word": "sorrow"
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{
"word": "misery"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥazan",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "حَزَن"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "wāya",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac"
],
"word": "ܘܵܝܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "beda",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "беда"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zločestie",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "злочестие"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skrǎb",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "скръб"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēitòng",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "悲痛"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "悲慟"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēitòng",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "悲恸"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "trápení"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strast"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "běda"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hoře"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "droefheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "lijden"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "ellende"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "ongeluk"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jꜥnw",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "i-a:n-nw-W-A2"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "suru"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "tuska"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tristesse"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "douleur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "misère"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malheur"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Weh"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jammer"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kummer"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Leid"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thlípsi",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θλίψη"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "symforá",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συμφορά"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "avoy",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "אבוי"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsa'ar",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צער"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yagon",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יגון"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dolore"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disgrazia"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guaio"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "dolor"
},
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"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "luctus"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Weh"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "aitu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorg"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dolor"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patiment"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patiràs"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nieszczęście"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "żałość"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cierpienie"
},
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"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niedola"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desgraça"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "infelicidade"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mágoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "durere"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suferință"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mâhnire"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nenorocire"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pečálʹ",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "печа́ль"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grustʹ",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "грусть"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "góre",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "го́ре"
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"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dòlas"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "truaighe"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgad"
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{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pena"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "infortunio"
},
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"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ay"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "sorg"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "ve"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "dert"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "gam"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "keder"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "teessür"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "üzüntü"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"word": "khốn"
}
]
},
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"Calamity, trouble."
],
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"Calamity",
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],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A curse; a malediction."
],
"id": "en-woe-en-noun-Pw~6WJ9j",
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[
"curse",
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],
[
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"malediction"
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}
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"ipa": "/wəʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "whoa (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
},
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"enpr": "wō"
}
],
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}
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{
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{
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{
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"2": "ouais"
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{
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{
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},
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"ref": "1303, Robert of Brunne, Handlyng synne",
"text": "hys clerk was wo to do þat dede",
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]
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{
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{
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{
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"name": "cog"
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{
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{
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{
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"lang": "English",
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{
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"An exclamation of grief."
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[
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],
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"(archaic) An exclamation of grief."
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "وَيْل"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"raw_tags": [
"Jewish Babylonian Aramaic"
],
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"word": "וַי"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "唉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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},
{
"code": "eo",
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{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "wai",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹"
},
{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "el",
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"word": "φευ"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "וַי"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ああ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "あたら"
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
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"word": "وەی"
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{
"code": "la",
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},
{
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"word": "wæ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "وای"
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{
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "hāē",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਹਾਏ"
},
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"code": "pnb",
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
"code": "ur",
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"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ہائے"
}
]
}
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]
},
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]
},
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"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English three-letter words",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable",
"en:Emotions"
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"word": "for weal or woe"
},
{
"word": "in weal and woe"
},
{
"word": "tale of woe"
},
{
"word": "woebegone"
},
{
"word": "woe betide"
},
{
"word": "woeful"
},
{
"word": "woe is me"
},
{
"word": "woe to"
}
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{
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"1": "la",
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "οὐαί"
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{
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "վայ"
},
"expansion": "Armenian վայ (vay)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "October 14 2017, Sandeep Moudgal, The Times of India, Rains devastate families, political parties make beeline to apply balm on open wounds",
"text": "The Friday night rains which wrecked families in Kurabarahalli saw all the three major political parties making a beeline to express their condolences, listen to their woes and provide compensation in the hope of garnering their goodwill ahead of the 2018 assembly elections."
}
],
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],
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]
],
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{
"word": "grief"
},
{
"word": "sorrow"
},
{
"word": "misery"
}
],
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
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],
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],
[
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"trouble"
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"uncountable"
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{
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"curse",
"curse"
],
[
"malediction",
"malediction"
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],
"tags": [
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"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"enpr": "wō"
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"sense": "grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
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],
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"word": "悲痛"
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"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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],
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"code": "fr",
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],
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"masculine"
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"neuter"
],
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],
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "he",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
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"code": "pl",
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],
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"code": "pl",
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"neuter"
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ouais"
},
"expansion": "French ouais",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "οὐαί"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "وای",
"tr": "vây"
},
"expansion": "Persian وای (vây)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "vay"
},
"expansion": "Turkish vay",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "վայ"
},
"expansion": "Armenian վայ (vay)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wo, wei, wa, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai (interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (interjection).\nSee also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey); also Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian վայ (vay).",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An exclamation of grief."
],
"links": [
[
"grief",
"grief"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) An exclamation of grief."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wəʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "whoa (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-woe.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-us-woe.ogg/En-us-woe.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-us-woe.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "wō"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wayl",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "وَيْل"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"raw_tags": [
"Jewish Babylonian Aramaic"
],
"roman": "way",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "וַי"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "āi",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "唉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "běda"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ve"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "voi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "hélas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "weh"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "wai",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ouaí",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ουαί"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fef",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "φευ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ouaí",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "οὐαί"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pheû",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "φεῦ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "oy",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "אוֹי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aháh",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"tags": [
"Biblical"
],
"word": "אֲהָהּ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "vay",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "וַי"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ā",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ああ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "atara",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "あたら"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "wey",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "وەی"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "vae"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "heu"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ēheu"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "wæ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vây",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "وای"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "biada"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "hāē",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਹਾਏ"
},
{
"code": "pnb",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "hā'ē",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"tags": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"word": "ہائے"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "vai"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "góre",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "го́ре"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ay"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hā'yē",
"sense": "exclamation of grief",
"word": "ہائے"
}
],
"word": "woe"
}
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