woefare en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English wofare, equivalent to woe + fare.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
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:[...] 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wofare | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
tristfulness · grief · wretchedness · ill-being · misery · distress · forlornness · sorrow · welfare · mirthless · misery · undelight · despondency · woefare · depression · evilfare · tristesse · prosternation · blues · blueness · mourn · dejection · downheartedness · dolefulness · heartsore · mishappiness · ruth · crestfallenness · woe · melancholia · drearihead · regret · infelicity · melancholy · sadness · illfare · sorrowfulness · rue · unhappiness