Woefare

Alternative forms

• wofare

Origin

From Middle English wofare, equivalent to woe + fare.

Full definition of woefare

Noun

1. Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness
• 1884, Henry Theophilus Finck, Wagner Handbook for the Festival Concerts Given in 1884:... 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.
• 1886, Lady Isabel Burton, Justin Huntly McCarthy, Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: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; ...

Synonyms

• evilfare
• illfare

Antonyms

• welfare