Woful

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woeful \Woe"ful\, Woful \Wo"ful\, a.
     1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity;
        afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
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              How many woeful widows left to bow


              To sad disgrace!                      --Daniel.
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     2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful
        event; woeful want.
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              O woeful day! O day of woe!           --Philips.
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     3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
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              What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! --Pope.
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