woeful

woeful
woefully, adv.woefulness, n.
/woh"feuhl/, adj.
1. full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
2. affected with, characterized by, or indicating woe: woeful melodies.
3. of wretched quality; sorry; poor: a woeful collection of paintings.
Also, woful.
[1250-1300; ME; see WOE, -FUL]
Syn. 3. unpromising, unlikely, dreadful, awful.

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