Plural of woe
regular plural
The plural of woe is woes.
Forms of woe
| Singular | woe /wəʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | woes /woʊz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Woes in a sentence
- A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.From the entry panacea
- She was untouched by his tale of woes.From the entry untouched
- Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3. From the entry patchy
- New families are frightened of natural threats more than the old woes: Christian daycares, arsenicked Snickers.2017, JoAnna Novak, I Must Have You. From the entry arsenicked
- “Don't blame me;” I told them, “for all your troublements and woes: blame the island!'2013, Avram Davidson, The Island Under the Earth. From the entry troublement
Meaning of woe
- noun Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
- noun Calamity, trouble.
- noun A curse; a malediction.
Questions about the plural of woe
- What is the plural of woe?
- The plural of woe is woes.
- Is woe countable?
- Woe is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: woe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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