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woful
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woful, a.
- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. [1913 Webster]"How many woeful widows left to bow
To sad disgrace!" [1913 Webster] - Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want. [1913 Webster]"O woeful day! O day of woe!" [1913 Webster]
- Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor. [1913 Webster]"What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!" [1913 Webster]
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