Category:Woeful

Woe"ful, wo"ful, a.

1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; Afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. How many woeful widows left to bow to sad disgrace! Daniel.

2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; Woeful want. O woeful day! O day of woe! Philips.

3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor. What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! Pope.