Woeful has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
affected by or full of grief or woe
"his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"
2
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
3
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
Example Sentences
"his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"
adjective
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
adjective
"woeful treatment of the accused"
adjective
"woeful errors of judgment"
adjective