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   woeful

   /ˈwəʊf(ʊ)l/

   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
   • 2. very bad; deplorable: "the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre" Similar dreadfulvery badawfulterriblefrightfulatrociousdisgracefuldeplorableshamefulhopelesslamentablelaughablesubstandardpoorinadequateinferiorunsatisfactoryinformal:rottenappallingcrummypatheticpitifuluselesslousyshockingabysmaldirethe pitsduffchronicrubbishpantsa load of pantspoxyvulgar slang:chickenshitOpposite excellent

   Derivatives

   • 1. woefulness noun

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