Woeful

Woeful
adj.
Sad: P. and V. ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, ταλαίπωρος, δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, τυχής (rare V.), Ar. and V. τλας, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, δείλαιος (rare P.), τλήμων, δύσμορος (also Antipho, but rare P.), δύσποτμος, δϊος, μοιρος (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, μέλεος, νολβος; see {{U}}Unhappy.
Lamentable, distressing: P. and V. βαρύς, λυπηρός, νιαρός, V. δύσφορος (also Xen. but rare P.), δύσοιστος, λυπρός, πολύστονος, πανδάκρυτος, εὐδάκρυτος, πάγκλαυτος, δυσθρήνητος.
Of looks: P. also V σκυθρωπός, V. στυγνός; gloomy.

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  • woeful — c.1300, afflicted with sorrow, from WOE (Cf. woe) + FUL (Cf. ful). Weakened sense of very bad recorded by 1610s. Related: Woefully; woefulness …   Etymology dictionary

  • woeful — [adj] terrible, sad afflicted, agonized, anguished, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grieving, grievous, grim …   New thesaurus

  • woeful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of sorrow; miserable. 2) very bad; deplorable. DERIVATIVES woefully adverb …   English terms dictionary

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