Definitions for: Woeful


[adj] affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
[adj] of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"



Webster (1913) Definition: Woe"ful, Woful Wo"ful, a.
1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity;
afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace!
--Daniel.

2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful
event; woeful want.

O woeful day! O day of woe! --Philips.

3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! --Pope.

Synonyms: deplorable, execrable, inferior, miserable, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched

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