woeful

Significat (Anglès)

  1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
  2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
  3. Lamentable, deplorable.
  4. Wretched; paltry; poor.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈwəʊfəl/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”).

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