woeful

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a. 悲伤的, 悲哀的

发音

其它 /ˈwəʊfəl/

词形变化

woefuller 比较级 woefuller woefullest woefullest 最高级

别名

woful wofull

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.

  2. 2.

    Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.

    a woeful event

    a woeful lack of restraint

  3. 3.

    Lamentable, deplorable.

  4. 4.

    Wretched; paltry; poor.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

miserable wretched deplorable woebegone execrable

近义相关 2

inferior sorrowful

词源

From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”).

来源：wiktionary