woeful English

Meaning woeful meaning

What does woeful mean?

woeful

— adjective (= woebegone) affected by or full of grief or woe his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone — George du Maurier

— adjective (= deplorable) of very poor quality or condition deplorable housing conditions in the inner city woeful treatment of the accused woeful errors of judgment

Synonyms woeful synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as woeful?

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sorrowful

miserable

sad

woebegone

poor

mournful

deplorable

wretched

woful

rueful

pathetic

grievous

execrable

doleful

wry

woe

warped

tragic

sorry

piteous

lugubrious

lamentable

grieved

gloomy

distressing

crestfallen

unhappy

unfortunately

unfortunate

trashy

touching

terrible

subdued

stinky

sorrow

sordid

shoddy

shabby

saddening

ropey

regrettable

punk

pitiful

pitiable

pathetical

moving

misfortune

melancholy

low-spirited

lousy

Topics woeful topics

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful