woeful
adjective/ˈwəʊfl/
/ˈwəʊfl/
- [usually before noun] very bad or serious; that you disapprove of synonym deplorable
- She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules.
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- (literary or formal) very sad
- a woeful face
- woeful tales of broken romances
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