Woe
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

ALAS
By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

PAIN
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

ISME

5 letters

ANGST
An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

GRIEF
Something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"

TRIAL
The act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

AGONY
Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"

6 letters

SORROW
Something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"

MISERY
A feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"

7 letters

DESPAIR
A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation"

ANGUISH
Extreme mental distress

SADNESS
The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

TORMENT
The act of harassing someone

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

8 letters

HEADACHE
Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

DISTRESS
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

HARDSHIP
Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

CALAMITY
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

9 letters

HEARTACHE
Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

SUFFERING
Psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

10 letters

WOEFULNESS
Intense mournfulness

MISFORTUNE
Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

AFFLICTION
A cause of great suffering and distress

HEARTBREAK
Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

11 letters

TRIBULATION
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

DESPONDENCY
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

12 letters

WRETCHEDNESS
The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"