Definitions
affected by or full of grief or woe
Word origin
From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”).
Used in a sentence
“How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!”
“a woeful event”
“a woeful lack of restraint”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Very sad”6 letters
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