variants
or less commonly woful
1
: full of woe : grievous
woeful prophecies
2
: involving or bringing woe
3
: lamentably bad or serious : deplorable
woeful ignorance
Examples of woeful in a Sentence
The puppy had woeful eyes.
The student's grades were woeful.
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Anthony Edwards had 32 points and 14 rebounds and Naz Reid added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Wolves, whose defense kept them alive after a woeful start but allowed the Spurs to shoot 6 for 10 from 3-point range in the pivotal third quarter.
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CBS News, 9 May 2026
After a winless and woeful six-game trip to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, staying with the status quo wasn’t an option.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Or a Magic loss two days later to the woeful Pacers.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
This is not a woeful kind of thing.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 9 May 2026
After a winless and woeful six-game trip to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, staying with the status quo wasn’t an option.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Or a Magic loss two days later to the woeful Pacers.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
This is not a woeful kind of thing.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for woeful
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“Woeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woeful. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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