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woeful
adjective
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
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/ˈwəʊfəl/ /ˈwəʊfəl/
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adjective
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
“a woeful event”
Lamentable, deplorable.
Wretched; paltry; poor.
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a woeful event