woeful

Etymology

From woe +‎ -ful.

Adjective

Positive woeful

Comparative woefuller

Superlative woefullest

1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. <> wanda ya isa tausayi.
2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.

   a woeful event

   a woeful lack of restraint

3. wretched; paltry; poor

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