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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. affected by or full of grief or woe;
- Example: "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
[syn: woebegone, woeful]

2. of very poor quality or condition;
- Example: "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
- Example: "woeful treatment of the accused"
- Example: "woeful errors of judgment"
[syn: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Woeful \Woe"ful\, Woful \Wo"ful\, a.
   1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity;
      afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
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            How many woeful widows left to bow
            To sad disgrace!                      --Daniel.
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   2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful
      event; woeful want.
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            O woeful day! O day of woe!           --Philips.
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   3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
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            What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! --Pope.
      [1913 Webster] Woefully


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

woeful
    adj 1: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made
           him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
           [syn: woebegone, woeful]
    2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
       conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
       accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
       execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]