See woe in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A state of physical or mental suffering:
affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, wound, wretchedness. See happyA state of prolonged anguish and privation:
misery, suffering, wretchedness. See happyA cause of suffering or harm:
affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge. See help
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