Woeful [adjective]

Definition of Woeful:

terrible, sad

Synonyms of Woeful:

● Dreadful

● Wretched

● Paltry

● Shocking

● Pathetic

● Calamitous

● Feeble

● Lamentable

● Disappointing

● Lousy

● Disastrous

● Awful

● Miserable

● Pitiful

● Appalling

● Deplorable

● Sorry

● Grim

● Afflicted

● Bad

● Cruel

● Disconsolate

● Disgraceful

● Distressing

● Doleful

● Gloomy

● Grievous

● Heartbreaking

● Heartrending

● Heartsick

● Hopeless

● Inadequate

● Mean

● Mournful

● Piteous

● Plaintive

● Poor

● Rotten

● Sorrowful

● Tragic

● Unfortunate

● Unhappy

● Catastrophic

● Pitiable

● Agonized

● Anguished

● Grieving

● Racked

● Tortured


Opposite/Antonyms of Woeful:

● Hopeful

● Blessed

● Happy

● Rich

● Nice

● Good

● Glad

● Excellent

● Joyful

● Encouraging

● Satisfactory

● Lucky

● Fortunate

● Worthwhile

● Cheerful

● Comforting

● Wealthy

● Wonderful

● Pleasing


Sentence/Example of Woeful:

At length the frost and snow really did come, and the Chickadees were in a woeful case.

And you cannot yet understand all the woeful sadness of the things of which I have been talking to you.

His hands, encased in mitts, had placed him at a woeful disadvantage.

Next he laughed softly to himself, a laugh that was woeful with bitterness.

The doctor's threats were interrupted by the entrance of a woeful procession.

The fact, to him so pregnant of woeful possibilities, meant little to Bettina.

I have woeful letters telling me you also were woeful in saying good-bye.

The torpor of idleness and woeful ponderings had numbed his wits.

And yet the latter days of this great-souled man were a woeful tragedy.

The sorrow of his life was his most woeful, disastrous marriage.