Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Woeful; sad; mournful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Woeful.
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- adjective obsolete
woeful
Etymologies
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Examples
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I should have followed my own advice to John Roosevelt: I will not talk about malapropisms, or call you Sir Maudlin Malaprop, or any such woesome efforts at flippancy.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I just got burned again by Pacific Care, a particularly woesome managed health care company.
Deborah Lynn: Managed Health Care is Not Working As I'd Like It To 2008
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The heaving of the great pans, like battering-rams against the sides of the Neptune, made a woesome noise below decks.
A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902
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In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898
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He had another woesome account of a sloop-of-war in which he had gone through the
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For six months after I left home I was right woesome.
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Alden, come on, lad, 't is time for prayers, and thy woesome face suits the occasion.
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At least, that's the good news for incompetent golfers in New York after the state's top court ruled that players who inflict their woesome form on others without even giving a courtesy warning call are not liable for damages.
The Guardian World News Ed Pilkington 2010
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At least, that's the good news for incompetent golfers in New York after the state's top court ruled that players who inflict their woesome form on others without even giving a courtesy warning call are not liable for damages.
The Guardian World News Ed Pilkington 2010
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And then there's woesome Colorado who actually made it a game for a few minutes during the first half in Austin.
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