woeful

English

Alternative forms

woful, wofull

Etymology

From woe +‎ -ful.

Adjective

woeful (comparative woefuller, superlative woefullest)

Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- Daniel, Civil War
  How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!
Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
a woeful event

a woeful lack of restraint
Lamentable, deplorable.
Wretched; paltry; poor.
- Alexander Pope
  What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!

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See also Thesaurus:lamentable

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