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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)

  1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
    • How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!
  2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
    a woeful event
    a woeful lack of restraint
  3. Lamentable, deplorable.
  4. Wretched; paltry; poor.

Derived terms

  • woefully
  • woefulness

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:lamentable

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distressing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??st??s??/

Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

  1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

Translations

Verb

distressing

  1. present participle of distress

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