Found 2 items, similar to woeful.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: woeful
woeful
adj 1: affected by or full of grief or woe;
“his sorrow...made him
look...haggard and...woebegone”- George du Maurier
[syn:
woebegone]
2: of very poor quality or condition;
“deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city”;
“woeful treatment of the
accused”;
“woeful errors of judgment” [syn:
deplorable,
execrable,
miserable,
wretched]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Woeful
Woeful
\Woe"ful\, Woful
\Wo"ful\, a.
1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity;
afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
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How many woeful widows left to bow
To sad disgrace! --Daniel.
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2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful
event; woeful want.
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O woeful day! O day of woe! --Philips.
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3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
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What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! --Pope.
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