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Alt. of Woful

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  1. a. Alt. of Woful
  2. adj. affected by or full of grief or woe
  3. adj. of very poor quality or condition
  4. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace! Daniel. 2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want. O woeful day! O day of woe! Philips. 3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor. What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! Pope.
  5. j:100 s affected by or full of grief or woe s of very poor quality or condition