woeful

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sorrowful

miserable

sad

☹️

woebegone

mournful

poor

deplorable

grievous

doleful

wretched

woful

rueful

pathetic

execrable

sorry

crestfallen

distressing

gloomy

grieved

lamentable

lugubrious

piteous

tragic

warped

woe

wry

funereal

afflictive

grief-stricken

beggarly

despondent

hangdog

indigent

infelicitous

agonizing

lousy

low-spirited

cut-up

melancholy

depressed

misfortune

dejected

moving

dark

pathetical

chopfallen

pitiable

pitiful

cut up

punk

Translations

malheureux

☹️

αξιολύπητος

triste

☹️

lacrimabilis

dilbikul

xemgîn

☹️

afflitto

traurig

☹️

déplorable

elend

θλιμμένος

daxbar

δυστυχισμένος

doloroso

treurig

☹️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwəʊfəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: woful

In summary

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