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Synonyms & Antonyms of woeful
1
expressing or suggesting mourning
- the woeful expressions of the players after the humiliating loss
Synonyms for woeful
Words Related to woeful
- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
Near Antonyms for woeful
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
2
feeling unhappiness
- never saw a more woeful-looking bunch than those campers sitting there in the drenching rain
Synonyms for woeful
- bad,
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- doleful,
- down,
- down in the mouth,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- droopy,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- heavyhearted,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- wretched
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3
of a kind to cause great distress
- the restaurant patron made the woeful discovery that he had left his wallet at home
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The first known use of woeful was in the 14th century
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