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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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unlucky

English

Etymology

From un- +? lucky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?l?ki/
  • Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

unlucky (comparative unluckier or more unlucky, superlative unluckiest or most unlucky)

  1. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
  2. Inauspicious.
  3. Having ill luck.
  4. Bringing ill luck.

Derived terms

  • unluckily
  • unluckiness
  • unluckier
  • unluckiest

Translations

References

  • unlucky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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