woeful

English

/ˈwəʊfəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
  • Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  • Lamentable, deplorable.
  • Wretched; paltry; poor.

Etymology

Suffix from English woe.

Origin

English

woe

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