英语词汇“woeful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

woeful

/ˈwəʊfʊl

/ /ˈwəʊf(ə)l/

adjective

1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery: her face was woeful...

He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him.
He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight.
He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above.

Synonyms

sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken

informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps

tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing

rare distressful

2Very bad; deplorable: the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre...

Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player.
The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful.
Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side.

Synonyms

dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory

informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, abysmal, dire, the pits

British informal duff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, poxy

North American vulgar slang chickenshit

Derivatives

woefulness

/ˈwəʊfʊlnəs/ /ˈwəʊf(ə)lnəs/ noun ...

The editor is noted for addressing hacks at their end-of-term bash in a speech widely noted for its spectacular woefulness.
And, really, the only bright spot of yesterday for United, who are fast slipping into pre-McCall woefulness, was that they broke their duck against Hearts.
Small wonder modern heavy rock gets such a ribbing when it goes and gets itself involved in woefulness like this.

单词	woeful
释义	woeful /ˈwəʊfʊl / /ˈwəʊf(ə)l/ adjective 1Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery: her face was woeful... He sounded so woeful, his expression so longing, that I had felt sympathy for him. He felt a tug on his heart as he watched her face, her woeful expression silhouetted by the moonlight. He used to draw woeful crowds, especially to the Square above. Synonyms sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, downhearted, despondent, depressed, despairing, dismal, melancholy, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps tragic, sad, saddening, unhappy, sorrowful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, sorry, pitiful, pathetic, pitiable, gloomy, grievous, traumatic, upsetting, depressing, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, agonizing, harrowing rare distressful 2Very bad; deplorable: the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre... Last weekend's wet, wild and woeful trip to gloomy south Wales did turn out to have a silver lining for at least one Borders player. The committee concluded that the paper trail on this whole sorry transaction was woeful. Hopefully, the pathetic and woeful situation that has been allowed to arise will bring people to their senses, at least on the playing side. Synonyms dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, abysmal, dire, the pits British informal duff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, poxy North American vulgar slang chickenshit Derivatives woefulness /ˈwəʊfʊlnəs/ /ˈwəʊf(ə)lnəs/ noun ... The editor is noted for addressing hacks at their end-of-term bash in a speech widely noted for its spectacular woefulness. And, really, the only bright spot of yesterday for United, who are fast slipping into pre-McCall woefulness, was that they broke their duck against Hearts. Small wonder modern heavy rock gets such a ribbing when it goes and gets itself involved in woefulness like this.
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