Definition of woeful in English:

woeful

adjective ˈwəʊf(ə)lˈwəʊfʊlˈwoʊfəl

1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
悲哀的，悲伤的；悲惨的；令人悲伤的
her face was woeful
她神情悲伤。
Example sentencesExamples
- Talked to Sherri this time and relayed my woeful tale.
- I said, giving him a woeful look behind my entirely smeared mascara.
- Coinciding with this woeful happening, a howling wind blew dreadfully.
- He was a woeful man altogether, letters here, there and everywhere and it would have been a fair auld job to write one of his usually long letters.
- Yes, there has been woeful carnage and suffering aplenty.
- He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him.
- He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight.
- But for manufacturers to use their idling workforce to their own ends reminds us of the beggar's use of the woeful dog he has just kicked.
- He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above.
- His face was grotesque, but only to the extent that the embossed lines in several shades of ice depicted some terribly misshapen and woeful beast.
- He turns to Cymry and widens his eyes, giving her such a droll, woeful and aghast look all in one that she starts laughing anew.
Synonyms
sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken
informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps
tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing
rare distressful
2Very bad; deplorable.
糟糕的；可叹的，可悲的
the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre
那评论足够证实他对戏剧的无知到了可悲的地步。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is pathetic and woeful, and it is a slap in the face of the victims of this country.
- Let's not forget Jackson's woeful job on the script.
- Not that I mind so much working late on a Friday, since it helps to keep my mind occupied and prevents me contemplating my woeful lack of a meaningful social life.
- Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player.
- At the start of the second half some woeful defending let Bamber Bridge in under the sticks to stretch their lead even further and the game was slipping away from the Harriers.
- Do I write about how I have recently become a new man, or at least an old man with new possessions, or do I write about the recent woeful state of my blogging psyche?
- The condition of some of the roads in the region is woeful.
- He is handsome, charismatic and a terrific actor, yet he really should have spent more time improving his English, which was woeful.
- One of her jobs was to pull together party headquarters in Glasgow at a time when it was in woeful disarray - a task at which she manifestly failed and was then sidelined.
- The initial baking was fine, but my decoration was woeful.
- Actually, the Kincaid character had a woeful start, spending the first of her three seasons as a tedious, incompetent waif.
- What's really repellent about the editorial, though, isn't just the woeful inaccuracies.
- How else to explain the woeful imbalances contained in the proposed extradition treaty between Britain and the UK which we have just discussed?
- I feel it is high time that the county council reassessed its woeful decision to install those cursed traffic lights at Scale Hall corner.
- Owen Hughes says Tuesday night was a pathetic and woeful effort which he was extremely embarrassed and angry about.
- His main challenge will be to draw down sufficient funds to bring about a dramatic change to the woeful state of the country's infrastructure.
- Humiliating, inept, woeful, pitiful - the number of adjectives to describe City's performance could run and run.
- As adults, we should set a better example: the recent rise in drink-drive cases suggests a woeful attitude towards alcohol and the law.
- His positioning is woeful, as is his decision-making.
- Pickering's woeful start continued when they slipped to their third defeat at Clifton Alliance but at least their batsmen began to show a semblance of form.
- With the game being a drudgery of spilled balls, abject kicking and woeful execution of the few scoring opportunities that were created the mind wandered.
- However, the covers are generally woeful, neither standing out at first glance amidst a crowded newsstand, or providing any lasting meaning.
- It looks very much as if it was a woeful effort on December 26.
- Kildare's performance against Fermanagh last March was woeful.
- Many roads are in a woeful condition and need to be upgraded.
- Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side.
- The away team were a woeful version of their best, and it is little wonder that manager Calderwood is so frustrated by the way their game falters the minute they go on the road.
- A shaming indictment of the woeful British attitude to sport at grassroots level, McKenna's story is difficult to believe.
- I was hitting the ball great, but my putting was woeful.
- And the incident has laid bare the woeful lack of facilities in Scotland for the proper treatment of offenders with mental disorders.
- They leak badly, have woeful change and shower facilities, and have antiquated pumping and filtration equipment.
- I have suffered through some woeful hurling games this summer.
- He stopped and chatted and spoke of how this hard-won point just might be the kick-start Rangers need, the turning point in their woeful season.
- The answers lie in stiff competition in their domestic markets, in woeful mismanagement, even the collapse of some businesses.
- I was later to learn that my track positioning was woeful as I was pointing the kart out of corners instead of vice-versa - or was it the other way round?
- The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful.
Synonyms
dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory
informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, abysmal, dire, the pits
British informal duff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, poxy
North American vulgar slang chickenshit

Derivatives

woefulness

noun ˈwəʊf(ə)lnəsˈwəʊfʊlnəsˈwoʊfəlnəs

Graham in all her colorations emerged that night - the complexity and simplicity of faith, its woefulness and ease.
Example sentencesExamples
- The editor is noted for addressing hacks at their end-of-term bash in a speech widely noted for its spectacular woefulness.
- And, really, the only bright spot of yesterday for United, who are fast slipping into pre-McCall woefulness, was that they broke their duck against Hearts.
- Small wonder modern heavy rock gets such a ribbing when it goes and gets itself involved in woefulness like this.
- Two thirds of this record could be parodied, such is its woefulness.

Definition of woeful in US English:

woeful

adjectiveˈwoʊfəlˈwōfəl

1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
悲哀的，悲伤的；悲惨的；令人悲伤的
her face was woeful
她神情悲伤。
Example sentencesExamples
- He turns to Cymry and widens his eyes, giving her such a droll, woeful and aghast look all in one that she starts laughing anew.
- His face was grotesque, but only to the extent that the embossed lines in several shades of ice depicted some terribly misshapen and woeful beast.
- He was a woeful man altogether, letters here, there and everywhere and it would have been a fair auld job to write one of his usually long letters.
- Coinciding with this woeful happening, a howling wind blew dreadfully.
- He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above.
- Yes, there has been woeful carnage and suffering aplenty.
- I said, giving him a woeful look behind my entirely smeared mascara.
- He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him.
- But for manufacturers to use their idling workforce to their own ends reminds us of the beggar's use of the woeful dog he has just kicked.
- Talked to Sherri this time and relayed my woeful tale.
- He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight.
Synonyms
sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken
tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing
1. 1.1 Very bad; deplorable.
  糟糕的；可叹的，可悲的
  the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theater
  那评论足够证实他对戏剧的无知到了可悲的地步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Humiliating, inept, woeful, pitiful - the number of adjectives to describe City's performance could run and run.
  Do I write about how I have recently become a new man, or at least an old man with new possessions, or do I write about the recent woeful state of my blogging psyche?
  I was hitting the ball great, but my putting was woeful.
  Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side.
  And the incident has laid bare the woeful lack of facilities in Scotland for the proper treatment of offenders with mental disorders.
  How else to explain the woeful imbalances contained in the proposed extradition treaty between Britain and the UK which we have just discussed?
  With the game being a drudgery of spilled balls, abject kicking and woeful execution of the few scoring opportunities that were created the mind wandered.
  Owen Hughes says Tuesday night was a pathetic and woeful effort which he was extremely embarrassed and angry about.
  At the start of the second half some woeful defending let Bamber Bridge in under the sticks to stretch their lead even further and the game was slipping away from the Harriers.
  Many roads are in a woeful condition and need to be upgraded.
  His main challenge will be to draw down sufficient funds to bring about a dramatic change to the woeful state of the country's infrastructure.
  As adults, we should set a better example: the recent rise in drink-drive cases suggests a woeful attitude towards alcohol and the law.
  Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player.
  He stopped and chatted and spoke of how this hard-won point just might be the kick-start Rangers need, the turning point in their woeful season.
  I feel it is high time that the county council reassessed its woeful decision to install those cursed traffic lights at Scale Hall corner.
  Actually, the Kincaid character had a woeful start, spending the first of her three seasons as a tedious, incompetent waif.
  The initial baking was fine, but my decoration was woeful.
  Let's not forget Jackson's woeful job on the script.
  I have suffered through some woeful hurling games this summer.
  The answers lie in stiff competition in their domestic markets, in woeful mismanagement, even the collapse of some businesses.
  One of her jobs was to pull together party headquarters in Glasgow at a time when it was in woeful disarray - a task at which she manifestly failed and was then sidelined.
  They leak badly, have woeful change and shower facilities, and have antiquated pumping and filtration equipment.
  However, the covers are generally woeful, neither standing out at first glance amidst a crowded newsstand, or providing any lasting meaning.
  The condition of some of the roads in the region is woeful.
  Not that I mind so much working late on a Friday, since it helps to keep my mind occupied and prevents me contemplating my woeful lack of a meaningful social life.
  I was later to learn that my track positioning was woeful as I was pointing the kart out of corners instead of vice-versa - or was it the other way round?
  What's really repellent about the editorial, though, isn't just the woeful inaccuracies.
  The away team were a woeful version of their best, and it is little wonder that manager Calderwood is so frustrated by the way their game falters the minute they go on the road.
  A shaming indictment of the woeful British attitude to sport at grassroots level, McKenna's story is difficult to believe.
  It looks very much as if it was a woeful effort on December 26.
  Pickering's woeful start continued when they slipped to their third defeat at Clifton Alliance but at least their batsmen began to show a semblance of form.
  The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful.
  It is pathetic and woeful, and it is a slap in the face of the victims of this country.
  He is handsome, charismatic and a terrific actor, yet he really should have spent more time improving his English, which was woeful.
  Kildare's performance against Fermanagh last March was woeful.
  His positioning is woeful, as is his decision-making.
  Synonyms
  dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory

词汇	woeful
释义	Definition of woeful in English: woeful adjective ˈwəʊf(ə)lˈwəʊfʊlˈwoʊfəl 1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery. 悲哀的，悲伤的；悲惨的；令人悲伤的 her face was woeful 她神情悲伤。 Example sentencesExamples Talked to Sherri this time and relayed my woeful tale. I said, giving him a woeful look behind my entirely smeared mascara. Coinciding with this woeful happening, a howling wind blew dreadfully. He was a woeful man altogether, letters here, there and everywhere and it would have been a fair auld job to write one of his usually long letters. Yes, there has been woeful carnage and suffering aplenty. He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him. He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight. But for manufacturers to use their idling workforce to their own ends reminds us of the beggar's use of the woeful dog he has just kicked. He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above. His face was grotesque, but only to the extent that the embossed lines in several shades of ice depicted some terribly misshapen and woeful beast. He turns to Cymry and widens his eyes, giving her such a droll, woeful and aghast look all in one that she starts laughing anew. Synonyms sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing rare distressful 2Very bad; deplorable. 糟糕的；可叹的，可悲的 the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre 那评论足够证实他对戏剧的无知到了可悲的地步。 Example sentencesExamples It is pathetic and woeful, and it is a slap in the face of the victims of this country. Let's not forget Jackson's woeful job on the script. Not that I mind so much working late on a Friday, since it helps to keep my mind occupied and prevents me contemplating my woeful lack of a meaningful social life. Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player. At the start of the second half some woeful defending let Bamber Bridge in under the sticks to stretch their lead even further and the game was slipping away from the Harriers. Do I write about how I have recently become a new man, or at least an old man with new possessions, or do I write about the recent woeful state of my blogging psyche? The condition of some of the roads in the region is woeful. He is handsome, charismatic and a terrific actor, yet he really should have spent more time improving his English, which was woeful. One of her jobs was to pull together party headquarters in Glasgow at a time when it was in woeful disarray - a task at which she manifestly failed and was then sidelined. The initial baking was fine, but my decoration was woeful. Actually, the Kincaid character had a woeful start, spending the first of her three seasons as a tedious, incompetent waif. What's really repellent about the editorial, though, isn't just the woeful inaccuracies. How else to explain the woeful imbalances contained in the proposed extradition treaty between Britain and the UK which we have just discussed? I feel it is high time that the county council reassessed its woeful decision to install those cursed traffic lights at Scale Hall corner. Owen Hughes says Tuesday night was a pathetic and woeful effort which he was extremely embarrassed and angry about. His main challenge will be to draw down sufficient funds to bring about a dramatic change to the woeful state of the country's infrastructure. Humiliating, inept, woeful, pitiful - the number of adjectives to describe City's performance could run and run. As adults, we should set a better example: the recent rise in drink-drive cases suggests a woeful attitude towards alcohol and the law. His positioning is woeful, as is his decision-making. Pickering's woeful start continued when they slipped to their third defeat at Clifton Alliance but at least their batsmen began to show a semblance of form. With the game being a drudgery of spilled balls, abject kicking and woeful execution of the few scoring opportunities that were created the mind wandered. However, the covers are generally woeful, neither standing out at first glance amidst a crowded newsstand, or providing any lasting meaning. It looks very much as if it was a woeful effort on December 26. Kildare's performance against Fermanagh last March was woeful. Many roads are in a woeful condition and need to be upgraded. Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side. The away team were a woeful version of their best, and it is little wonder that manager Calderwood is so frustrated by the way their game falters the minute they go on the road. A shaming indictment of the woeful British attitude to sport at grassroots level, McKenna's story is difficult to believe. I was hitting the ball great, but my putting was woeful. And the incident has laid bare the woeful lack of facilities in Scotland for the proper treatment of offenders with mental disorders. They leak badly, have woeful change and shower facilities, and have antiquated pumping and filtration equipment. I have suffered through some woeful hurling games this summer. He stopped and chatted and spoke of how this hard-won point just might be the kick-start Rangers need, the turning point in their woeful season. The answers lie in stiff competition in their domestic markets, in woeful mismanagement, even the collapse of some businesses. I was later to learn that my track positioning was woeful as I was pointing the kart out of corners instead of vice-versa - or was it the other way round? The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful. Synonyms dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, abysmal, dire, the pits British informal duff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, poxy North American vulgar slang chickenshit Derivatives woefulness noun ˈwəʊf(ə)lnəsˈwəʊfʊlnəsˈwoʊfəlnəs Graham in all her colorations emerged that night - the complexity and simplicity of faith, its woefulness and ease. Example sentencesExamples The editor is noted for addressing hacks at their end-of-term bash in a speech widely noted for its spectacular woefulness. And, really, the only bright spot of yesterday for United, who are fast slipping into pre-McCall woefulness, was that they broke their duck against Hearts. Small wonder modern heavy rock gets such a ribbing when it goes and gets itself involved in woefulness like this. Two thirds of this record could be parodied, such is its woefulness. Definition of woeful in US English: woeful adjectiveˈwoʊfəlˈwōfəl 1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery. 悲哀的，悲伤的；悲惨的；令人悲伤的 her face was woeful 她神情悲伤。 Example sentencesExamples He turns to Cymry and widens his eyes, giving her such a droll, woeful and aghast look all in one that she starts laughing anew. His face was grotesque, but only to the extent that the embossed lines in several shades of ice depicted some terribly misshapen and woeful beast. He was a woeful man altogether, letters here, there and everywhere and it would have been a fair auld job to write one of his usually long letters. Coinciding with this woeful happening, a howling wind blew dreadfully. He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above. Yes, there has been woeful carnage and suffering aplenty. I said, giving him a woeful look behind my entirely smeared mascara. He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him. But for manufacturers to use their idling workforce to their own ends reminds us of the beggar's use of the woeful dog he has just kicked. Talked to Sherri this time and relayed my woeful tale. He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight. Synonyms sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing 1.1 Very bad; deplorable. 糟糕的；可叹的，可悲的 the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theater 那评论足够证实他对戏剧的无知到了可悲的地步。 Example sentencesExamples Humiliating, inept, woeful, pitiful - the number of adjectives to describe City's performance could run and run. Do I write about how I have recently become a new man, or at least an old man with new possessions, or do I write about the recent woeful state of my blogging psyche? I was hitting the ball great, but my putting was woeful. Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side. And the incident has laid bare the woeful lack of facilities in Scotland for the proper treatment of offenders with mental disorders. How else to explain the woeful imbalances contained in the proposed extradition treaty between Britain and the UK which we have just discussed? With the game being a drudgery of spilled balls, abject kicking and woeful execution of the few scoring opportunities that were created the mind wandered. Owen Hughes says Tuesday night was a pathetic and woeful effort which he was extremely embarrassed and angry about. At the start of the second half some woeful defending let Bamber Bridge in under the sticks to stretch their lead even further and the game was slipping away from the Harriers. Many roads are in a woeful condition and need to be upgraded. His main challenge will be to draw down sufficient funds to bring about a dramatic change to the woeful state of the country's infrastructure. As adults, we should set a better example: the recent rise in drink-drive cases suggests a woeful attitude towards alcohol and the law. Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player. He stopped and chatted and spoke of how this hard-won point just might be the kick-start Rangers need, the turning point in their woeful season. I feel it is high time that the county council reassessed its woeful decision to install those cursed traffic lights at Scale Hall corner. Actually, the Kincaid character had a woeful start, spending the first of her three seasons as a tedious, incompetent waif. The initial baking was fine, but my decoration was woeful. Let's not forget Jackson's woeful job on the script. I have suffered through some woeful hurling games this summer. The answers lie in stiff competition in their domestic markets, in woeful mismanagement, even the collapse of some businesses. One of her jobs was to pull together party headquarters in Glasgow at a time when it was in woeful disarray - a task at which she manifestly failed and was then sidelined. They leak badly, have woeful change and shower facilities, and have antiquated pumping and filtration equipment. However, the covers are generally woeful, neither standing out at first glance amidst a crowded newsstand, or providing any lasting meaning. The condition of some of the roads in the region is woeful. Not that I mind so much working late on a Friday, since it helps to keep my mind occupied and prevents me contemplating my woeful lack of a meaningful social life. I was later to learn that my track positioning was woeful as I was pointing the kart out of corners instead of vice-versa - or was it the other way round? What's really repellent about the editorial, though, isn't just the woeful inaccuracies. The away team were a woeful version of their best, and it is little wonder that manager Calderwood is so frustrated by the way their game falters the minute they go on the road. A shaming indictment of the woeful British attitude to sport at grassroots level, McKenna's story is difficult to believe. It looks very much as if it was a woeful effort on December 26. Pickering's woeful start continued when they slipped to their third defeat at Clifton Alliance but at least their batsmen began to show a semblance of form. The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful. It is pathetic and woeful, and it is a slap in the face of the victims of this country. He is handsome, charismatic and a terrific actor, yet he really should have spent more time improving his English, which was woeful. Kildare's performance against Fermanagh last March was woeful. His positioning is woeful, as is his decision-making. Synonyms dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory
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