woeful
/ˈwəʊfəl/ adjective C2- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. · a woeful event· a woeful lack of restraint
- Lamentable, deplorable.
- Wretched; paltry; poor.
Comparative woefuller · Superlative woefullest
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