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Woeful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈwəʊfəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Woeful is an adjective meaning Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.

Meaning

Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.

More Meanings

  1. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  2. Lamentable, deplorable.
  3. Wretched; paltry; poor.

Example Sentences

a woeful event
a woeful lack of restraint
How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!
What woful stuff this madrigal would be / In some starv'd hackney sonneteer or me!

Word Forms

Synonyms for woeful

Depending on context, synonyms include miserable, woe, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited.

miserablewoeatrabiliaryatrabiliousblithelessdispiritedchapfallencheerlesschopfallencrestfallencut updampdejecteddepresseddespondentdisgruntleddisconsolatedishearteneddismaldolefuldolesomedowndowncastdownhearteddownsomedull

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woebegone, sorrowful, wretched, miserable, deplorable, execrable.

woebegonesorrowfulwretchedmiserabledeplorableexecrableinferiorlamentablesadpitifulpatheticappallingdismaldistressingagonizingpainfuldireregrettabletiresomeunfortunate

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