{ 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.
{ 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.