a.
[Written also Woeful .]
1.
Sorrowful, distressed, sad, afflicted, unhappy, grieved, anguished, agonized, miserable, piteous, wretched, melancholy, disconsolate, troubled, burdened. See woe-begone .
2.
Grievous, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, disastrous, calamitous, dreadful, tragical, deplorable, piteous, pitiable, depressing, sorrowful, saddening.
3.
Wretched, paltry, mean, pitiful.