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['wəʊfl]1) (mournful) [ look] dolente, afflitto; [story, sight] doloroso, penoso2) (deplorable) [ lack] deplorevole, deprecabile* * *adjective (miserable; unhappy: a woeful expression.) doloroso, triste* * *woeful /ˈwəʊfl/a. (form.)2 disgraziato; meschino; misero; tapino; sventurato3 deprecabile; deplorevole: woeful neglect of one's duty, deprecabile negligenza nell'esercizio dei propri doveriwoefully avv. woefulness n. [u].* * *['wəʊfl]1) (mournful) [ look] dolente, afflitto; [story, sight] doloroso, penoso2) (deplorable) [ lack] deplorevole, deprecabile -
2 woeful woe·ful adj
['wəʊfʊl](sad) triste, (deplorable) deplorevole, vergognoso (-a) -
3 woe
[wəʊ] 1.1) lett. (sorrow) dolore m., pena f.2) scherz. (misfortune) sventura f., disgrazia f.2.interiezione ant. o scherz.* * *[wəu]((a cause of) grief or misery: He has many woes; He told a tale of woe.) dolore; disgrazia- woeful- woefully
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- woebegone* * *woe /wəʊ/ (poet.; a volte scherz.)n.2 (di solito al pl.) calamità; disgrazia; malanno; sventura: in weal and woe, nella prosperità e nella sventura; nella buona e nella cattiva sorte● (poet. o scherz.) Woe betide him!, guai a lui! □ (poet. o scherz.) Woe is me!, povero me!; ahimè!* * *[wəʊ] 1.1) lett. (sorrow) dolore m., pena f.2) scherz. (misfortune) sventura f., disgrazia f.2.interiezione ant. o scherz. -
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woeful — [adj] terrible, sad afflicted, agonized, anguished, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grieving, grievous, grim … New thesaurus
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woeful — [[t]wo͟ʊfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad. ...a woeful ballad. Derived words: woefully ADV GRADED ADV with v He said woefully: I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu… … English dictionary
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woeful — adjective 1) her face was woeful See woebegone 2) a woeful ballad Syn: tragic, sad, miserable, cheerless, gloomy, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, traumatic, depressing, heartbreaking … Thesaurus of popular words
woeful — also woful adjective Date: 14th century 1. full of woe ; grievous < woeful prophecies > 2. involving or bringing woe 3. lamentably bad or serious ; deplorable < woeful ignorance > • woefully … New Collegiate Dictionary
woeful — woe|ful [ˈwəufəl US ˈwou ] adj 1.) very bad or serious = ↑deplorable ▪ a woeful lack of information 2.) literary very sad = ↑pathetic ▪ woeful eyes >woefully adv ▪ woefully inadequate facilities … Dictionary of contemporary English