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- DictionaryWoe·ful/ˈwōfəl/
adjective
- 1. characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery: "her face was woeful" Similar sadunhappymiserablewoebegonedolefulforlorncrestfallenglumgloomydejecteddowncastdisconsolatedownhearteddespondentdepresseddespairingdismalmelancholybroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablegrief-strickeninformal:bluedown in the mouthdown in the dumpstragicsadsaddeningunhappysorrowfulmiserablecheerlesswretchedsorrypitifulpatheticpitiablegloomygrievoustraumaticupsettingdepressingdistressingheartbreakingheart-rendingtear-jerkingagonizingharrowingrare:distressfulOpposite happycheerfulupliftingcheerful
- ▪ very bad; deplorable: "the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theater" Similar dreadfulvery badawfulterriblefrightfulatrociousdisgracefuldeplorableshamefulhopelesslamentablelaughablesubstandardpoorinadequateinferiorunsatisfactoryinformal:rottenappallingcrummypatheticpitifuluselesslousyshockingabysmaldirethe pitsduffchronicrubbishpantsa load of pantspoxyvulgar slang:chickenshitOpposite excellent
Derivatives
- 1. woefulness noun
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