01 a. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
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Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.“How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace!” — Daniel.
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Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want.“O woeful day! O day of woe!” — Philips.
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Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.“What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!” — Pope.