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   woe·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

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   WOEFUL definition: 1. very bad or (of something very bad or unpleasant) very large or extreme: 2. extremely sad: 3…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of WOEFUL is full of woe : grievous. How to use woeful in a sentence. full of woe : grievous; involving or bringing woe; lamentably bad or serious : deplorable…

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   Something woeful is full of sadness, like the woeful little boy who can't find the stuffed bunny he needs to fall asleep. Use the adjective woeful for people or things affected by misery or sorrow.

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   Woeful definition: full of woe; wretched; unhappy. See examples of WOEFUL used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   WOEFUL meaning: 1. very bad or (of something very bad or unpleasant) very large or extreme: 2. extremely sad: 3…. Learn more.

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   Define woeful. woeful synonyms, woeful pronunciation, woeful translation, English dictionary definition of woeful. also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful: feeling woeful. 2. Causing, involving, or expressing woe: a woeful situation; woeful eyes.

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   Woeful Sentence Examples. It may be that the parents simply can't stand to hear their babies' woeful cries. There is also a woeful lack of appropriate condiment. But the culpability of the west does not end with the lateness or the woeful inadequacy of its response to the crisis.

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    Definition of woeful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    woeful meaning, definition, what is woeful: very bad or serious: Learn more.