What is "woeful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does woeful mean in English? Meaning of woeful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "woeful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "woeful": affected by or full of grief or woe

Adjective

  • Meaning: affected by or full of grief or woe
  • Example: his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone
  • Synonyms: woebegone woeful
  • Similar: sorrowful
  • Meaning of "woeful": of very poor quality or condition

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of very poor quality or condition
  • Example: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city woeful treatment of the accused woeful errors of judgment
  • Synonyms: deplorable execrable miserable woeful wretched
  • Similar: inferior
  • Adjective: Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace! — Daniel.Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. a woeful event a woeful lack of restraintwretched; paltry; poor What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! — Pope.
  • Synonyms:

    dreadful, wretched, paltry, shocking, pathetic, calamitous, feeble, lamentable, disappointing, lousy, disastrous, awful, miserable, pitiful, appalling, deplorable, sorry, grim, afflicted, bad, cruel, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, gloomy, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsick, hopeless, inadequate, mean, mournful, piteous, plaintive, poor, rotten, sorrowful, tragic, unfortunate, unhappy, catastrophic, pitiable, agonized, anguished, grieving, racked, tortured,

    Antonyms:

    pleasing, wonderful, wealthy, comforting, cheerful, worthwhile, fortunate, lucky, satisfactory, encouraging, joyful, excellent, glad, good, nice, rich, happy, blessed, hopeful,

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