woe·ful /ˈwofəl/
(a.)悲傷的,悲哀的,不吉利的
Woe·ful, Wo·ful a.
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.
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woeful
adj 1: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him
look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
[syn: woebegone]
2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, wretched]