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woefare

woefare noun: discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.

Noun

woefare (uncountable)

  1. Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
    • [...] alone thy food was laughing delight, for feeling's blind and fathomless bliss thy lips were deep in the drink of love — while mine winced at the gall mixed with the woefare of gods? — Thy fooling thought freely then follow ; aloof thou hast left me far.1884, Henry Theophilus Finck, Wagner Handbook for the Festival Concerts Given in 1884
    • Quoth Abd al-Rahman, "I fear strangerhood for him, inasmuch as wayfare is the worst of woefare;" but she said, "There is no harm in strangerhood for him when it leadeth to gaining good; [...]1886, Lady Isabel Burton, Justin Huntly McCarthy, Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights

Synonyms of woefare

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Forms of woefare

alternative formwofare

Origin of woefare

From Middle English wofare, equivalent to woe + fare.

Questions about woefare

What does woefare mean?
Woefare means discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
What part of speech is woefare?
Woefare is a noun.

Words near woefare in the dictionary

  1. woebegone
  2. woebegonely
  3. woebegoneness
  4. woebegones
  5. woebetide
  6. woefare
  7. woeful
  8. woefuller
  9. woefullest
  10. woefully
  11. woefulness

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