different between distressful vs woeful
distressful
English
Alternative forms
- distressfull (archaic)
Etymology
distress +? -ful
Adjective
distressful (comparative more distressful, superlative most distressful)
- Causing or feeling distress, strain, or anxiety.
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woeful
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) woful, wofull
Etymology
From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe +? -ful. Compare Old English w?l?? (“woeful”), Old English t?onful (“woeful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w??f?l/
Adjective
woeful (comparative woefuller, superlative woefullest)
- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!
- Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
- a woeful event
- a woeful lack of restraint
- Lamentable, deplorable.
- Wretched; paltry; poor.
Derived terms
- woefully
- woefulness
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
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