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41Woe-begone — Woe be*gone , a. [OE. wo begon. See {Woe}, and {Begone}, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] So woe begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] …
42woe betide someone (or woe to someone) — humorous a person will be in trouble if they do a specified thing. → woe …
43woe-wearied — woeˈ weaˈried or woeˈ worn adjective Wearied, worn with woe • • • Main Entry: ↑woe …
44woe-worn — woeˈ weaˈried or woeˈ worn adjective Wearied, worn with woe • • • Main Entry: ↑woe …
45woe|be|gone — «WOH bih GN, GON», adjective. 1. looking sad, sorrowful, or wretched. 2. Obsolete. beset with woe or woes. Also, wobegone. ╂[< Middle English wo bigon, in phrase me is wo begon woe has beset me < wo woe + begon beset] …
46woe´ful|ness — woe|ful «WOH fuhl», adjective. 1. full of woe; sad; sorrowful; wretched: »The lost little boy had a woeful expression. SYNONYM(S): mournful, distressed, miserable. 2. = pitiful. (Cf. ↑pitiful) 3. of wretch …
47woe´ful|ly — woe|ful «WOH fuhl», adjective. 1. full of woe; sad; sorrowful; wretched: »The lost little boy had a woeful expression. SYNONYM(S): mournful, distressed, miserable. 2. = pitiful. (Cf. ↑pitiful) 3. of wretch …
48woe|ful — «WOH fuhl», adjective. 1. full of woe; sad; sorrowful; wretched: »The lost little boy had a woeful expression. SYNONYM(S): mournful, distressed, miserable. 2. = pitiful. (Cf. ↑pitiful) 3. of wretch …
49Woe from Wit — (Russian: Горе от ума, also translated as The Woes of Wit , Wit Works Woe , and so forth) is Aleksandr Griboyedov s comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, a pasquinade on… …
50woe betide someone — woe betide (someone) humorous if you say woe betide the person who does something, you mean that they will be punished or cause trouble for themselves if they do that thing. Woe betide anyone who plays Ann s tapes without her permission …
