woeful

also adj.

1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful.
2. Causing or involving woe.
3. Deplorably bad or wretched: woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors in judgment.

woefully woe'ful·ly adv.
woefulness woe'ful·ness n.

also woful

adjective

1. Suffering from usually prolonged anguish: miserable, woebegone, wretched. See happy/unhappy.
2. Full of or expressive of sorrow: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone. See happy/unhappy.
3. Causing sorrow or regret: deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful. See happy/unhappy.

adj

Definition: terrible, sad
Antonyms: glad, happy, joyful

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Affected by or full of grief or woe; Of very poor quality or condition.

A woeful tale was told about the vanished town.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ulykkelig, sørgmodig, sørgelig, elendig

Nederlands (Dutch)
triest, gemeen

Français (French)
adj. - affligé, affligeant, déplorable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - traurig, jammervoll, beklagenswert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θλιβερός, αξιοθρήνητος

Italiano (Italian)
afflitto, deplorevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aflito, magoado

Русский (Russian)
печальный, удрученный, несчастный, жалкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - afligido, apenado, deplorable, lamentable, miserable, desgraciado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bedrövad, dyster, bedrövlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
悲伤的, 不吉利的, 悲哀的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 悲傷的, 不吉利的, 悲哀的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 슬픈, 심한, 변변치 못한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悲惨な, 痛ましい, 悲しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حزين, مغموم, بائس, تعيس, ركيك, فاجع, محزن, مثير الشفقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עצוב, אומלל, מעציב, רע מאד‬

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