Definitions
Great sorrow, trouble, or misery.
Word origin
From Middle English wo, woo, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai (interjection), from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe!”, interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“oh!; ah!; woe!; alas!”, interjection).
Used in a sentence
“Oh, woe is me!”
“Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all our woe, she took.”
“Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose / That well-known name awakens all my woes.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Misery”3 letters
02“Trouble or sorrow”3 letters
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