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woe·ful also wo·ful  (wfl)
adj.
1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful.
2. Causing or involving woe.
3. Deplorably bad or wretched: woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors in judgment.

woeful·ly adv.
woeful·ness n.

woeful [ˈwəʊfəl]
adj
1. expressing or characterized by sorrow
2. bringing or causing woe
3. pitiful; miserable a woeful standard of work
woefully  adv
woefulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.woeful - affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
2.woeful - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
inferior - of low or inferior quality

woeful
adjective
1. wretched, sad, unhappy, tragic, miserable, gloomy, grieving, dismal, pathetic, afflicted, pitiful, anguished, agonized, disconsolate, doleful, pitiable those woeful people to whom life had dealt a bad hand
wretched happy, delighted, contented, glad, cheerful, jolly, jubilant, joyful, carefree, chirpy (informal)
3. pitiful, mean, bad, poor, shocking, sorry, disappointing, terrible, awful, appalling, disastrous, inadequate, dreadful, miserable, hopeless, rotten (informal), pathetic, catastrophic, duff (Brit. informal), feeble, disgraceful, lousy (slang), grievous, paltry, deplorable, abysmal, lamentable, calamitous, shitty (taboo slang), wretched, pitiable, godawful (slang), not much cop (Brit. slang) the team's recent woeful performance
Translations
woeful [ˈwəʊfʊl] ADJ
1. (= lamentable) [lack, ignorance, state] → lamentable, deplorable
2. (liter) (= sad) [person] → afligido, desconsolado; [look, expression] → de desconsuelo, de congoja; [tale] → triste
woeful [ˈwəʊfʊl] adj
(= sad) [person, eyes, song] → triste
(= terrible) [state, display, performance, attempt] → consternant(e)
woeful
adj (= sad)traurig; (= deplorable) neglect also, ignorance, lackbedauerlich, beklagenswert
woeful [ˈwəʊfʊl] adj (sad) → triste; (deplorable) → deplorevole, vergognoso/a
woeful [ˈwəʊfʊl] adj (sad) → triste; (deplorable) → deplorevole, vergognoso/a


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I am going to unexplored regions, to "the land of mist and snow," but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the "Ancient Mariner.
At this point of his career Jo seemed to be getting a long way from the condition of orphanage; the interposition of a multitude of parents between himself and that woeful state promised him a long immunity from its disadvantages.
It was some days before she saw Jane Fairfax, to judge of her honest regret in this woeful change; but when they did meet, her composure was odious.
 
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