{ Woe"ful, Wo"ful } (?), a. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace!
2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want.
O woeful day! O day of woe!
3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!