woeful
Full of sorrow
Woeful means full of woe—sorrowful, grieved, or pitiable: a woeful expression, woeful tales of hardship.
It extends to anything deplorably bad or inadequate: woeful ignorance, a woeful performance.
The adverb woefully often emphasizes insufficiency: woefully underprepared, woefully short of funds.
Arousing sorrowful contempt
- patheticArousing scornful pity
- lamentableDeserving strong disapproval
- deplorableDeserving strong disapproval
- sorryExpressing regret or apology
abysmal · dismal · dreadful · terrible · appalling · atrocious · substandard · inferior
Overwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
mournful · doleful · crestfallen · downcast · heavyhearted · disconsolate · tearful · weeping
Showing or feeling grief
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- heartrendingCausing overwhelming grief
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- soulfulExpressing deep emotion
poignant · touching · lamenting · keening · elegiac · dirge-like · pining · yearning
Left behind completely
- forlornSad and abandoned
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- lonelyWanting companionship
- isolatedSeparated from others
bereft · friendless · solitary · deserted · forsaken · neglected · forgotten · outcast
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- ruefulExpressing sorrowful repentance
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
- guilt-riddenTormented by remorse
regretful · penitent · apologetic · ashamed · conscience-stricken · sorry · chagrined · shamefaced
pitiful
Arousing sorrowful contempt
- patheticArousing scornful pity
- lamentableDeserving strong disapproval
- deplorableDeserving strong disapproval
sorry · abysmal · dismal · dreadful · terrible · appalling · atrocious · substandard · inferior · poor
grief-stricken
Overwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
melancholic · mournful · doleful · crestfallen · downcast · heavyhearted · disconsolate · tearful · weeping · forlorn
mournful
Showing or feeling grief
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- heartrendingCausing overwhelming grief
- wistfulSadly longing for something
soulful · poignant · touching · lamenting · keening · elegiac · dirge-like · pining · yearning · nostalgic
abandoned
Left behind completely
isolated · bereft · friendless · solitary · deserted · forsaken · neglected · forgotten · outcast · estranged
remorseful
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- ruefulExpressing sorrowful repentance
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
guilt-ridden · regretful · penitent · apologetic · ashamed · conscience-stricken · sorry · chagrined · shamefaced · guilt
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
distress · trauma · affliction · hardship · tribulation · ordeal · misery · calamity · adversity · heartache
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, heartbroken, melancholy
- sombergloomy, bleak, dreary, dismal, melancholy
- dejectiondejected, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
- mopingbrooding, sulking, wallowing, pouting, sighing
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
woefulexcellent
Of superior quality
superb · outstanding · admirable · exceptional · stellar