Definition of Woful. Meaning of Woful. Synonyms of Woful

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Definition of Woful

Woful
Woeful Woe"ful, Woful 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.

Meaning of Woful from wikipedia

- "The Devil knows how to row". Back on land, the mariner is compelled by "a woful agony" to tell the hermit his story. As penance for shooting the albatross...
- is, er that I parte fro ye. Thesiphone, thou help me for t'endite Thise woful vers, that wepen as I write! Chaucer's friend John Gower used a similar...
- is, er that I parte fro ye, Thesiphone, thou help me for tendyte Thise woful vers, that wepen as I wryt   (Troilus and Criseyde 1.1–7) 15th century —...
- terror [the Arakan pirates] ... The Bengal flotilla (nawwāra) had been wofully depleted ... Shāista Khan's energy and persistence overcame every obstacle...
- relent. But since that thus it is by destiny, What can I more but have a woful heart; My pen in plaint, my voice in careful cry, My mind in woe, my body...
- P****ion, Thy blest Love may be adored By the whole Creation: Hating Sin, the woful Cause Of Thy Death and Suffering, Give our Heart to obey Thy Laws As the...
- Experience Mayhew 1710 Oggusunash Kuttooonkash 'A few of his words'9 The Woful Effects of Drunkenness a sermon Preached at Bristol ... When Two Indians...
- terror [the Arakan pirates] ... The Bengal flotilla (nawwāra) had been wofully depleted ... Shāista Khan's energy and persistence overcame every obstacle...
- by the mare Penelope (by Trumpator) and include Whalebone, Whisker, Web, Woful, Wire and Wilful. Penelope was bred and owned by the Duke of Grafton, and...
- her lord had returned, she hurried to him. Then, as she listened to his woful tale, and saw his shattered wrist, from which the right hand was gone, she...