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Woeful — Woe ful, Woful Wo ful, a. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. [1913 Webster] How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace! Daniel. [1913 Webster] 2. Bringing calamity, distress,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woeful — index blameworthy, dire, disconsolate, lamentable, lugubrious, regrettable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
woeful — c.1300, afflicted with sorrow, from WOE (Cf. woe) + FUL (Cf. ful). Weakened sense of very bad recorded by 1610s. Related: Woefully; woefulness … Etymology dictionary
woeful — [adj] terrible, sad afflicted, agonized, anguished, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grieving, grievous, grim … New thesaurus
woeful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of sorrow; miserable. 2) very bad; deplorable. DERIVATIVES woefully adverb … English terms dictionary
woeful — [wō′fəl] adj. 1. full of woe; sad; mournful 2. of, causing, or involving woe 3. pitiful; wretched; miserable: Also Archaic woful woefully adv. woefulness n … English World dictionary
woeful — [[t]wo͟ʊfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad. ...a woeful ballad. Derived words: woefully ADV GRADED ADV with v He said woefully: I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu… … English dictionary
woeful — woefully, adv. woefulness, n. /woh feuhl/, adj. 1. full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation. 2. affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies. 3. of wretched quality; sorry; poor: a woeful collection of paintings.… … Universalium
woeful — adjective 1) her face was woeful See woebegone 2) a woeful ballad Syn: tragic, sad, miserable, cheerless, gloomy, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, traumatic, depressing, heartbreaking … Thesaurus of popular words
woeful — woe|ful [ˈwəufəl US ˈwou ] adj 1.) very bad or serious = ↑deplorable ▪ a woeful lack of information 2.) literary very sad = ↑pathetic ▪ woeful eyes >woefully adv ▪ woefully inadequate facilities … Dictionary of contemporary English
