Antonyms for weal

Grammar : Noun

Spell : weel

Phonetic Transcription : wil

Definition of weal

Origin : "well-being," Old English wela "wealth," in late Old English also "welfare, well-being," from West Germanic *welon, from PIE root *wel- "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related to well (adv.).

noun welt
noun welfare

Example sentences :

In the woe or weal of a whole life, we must decide for ourselves.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As heaven's above, his future weal Or woe depends upon my silence!
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

And the real end of both was the weal of the Commonwealth at large.
Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) » by John Richard Green

How much of Canada's weal or woe depends upon the selection?
Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson

Has it not done more for the honor of the prince and the weal of the subject than any other system?
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

And her mother whipped her because she wanted the weal wich pie.
Extract from : « Eyebright » by Susan Coolidge

How might she unravel this tangled skein and float to weal upon this sea of death?
Extract from : « Eric Brighteyes » by H. Rider Haggard

For her sins she could and must answer with the weal or woe of her own soul.
Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford

It invites us to take counsel concerning her wants and her weal.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various

In all the operations of nature, man's weal and woe are involved.
Extract from : « Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians » by John Wesley Powell

Synonyms for weal

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