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.