Definify.com

Definition 2024


woeful

woeful

English

Adjective

woeful (comparative woefuller, superlative woefullest)

  1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
    • Daniel
      How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!
  2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
    a woeful event
    a woeful lack of restraint
  3. wretched; paltry; poor

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:lamentable