'Woful' definitions:

Definition of 'Woful'

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

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