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woeful

/ˈwəʊfl/adjective

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अत्यंत खराब; दुखद

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    [usually before noun]

    very bad or serious; that you disapprove of; very sad

    अत्यंत खराब; दुखद

    • woeful ignorance
    • a woeful tale
    • The team's woeful performance disappointed its fans.
    + 2 more examples
    • He showed woeful ignorance of the city's history.
    • She told a woeful tale of lost harvests and debts.

    Synonyms deplorable dreadful appalling sorrowful miserable

    Opposite excellent good cheerful joyful

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woe noun
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woe·ful

?Which word?

Keep the woe words: woe (great sadness; woes means problems), woebegone (looking very sad), tale of woe.

Woe शब्द याद रखिए: woe (भारी दुख; woes अर्थात समस्याएँ), woebegone (बहुत उदास दिखने वाला), tale of woe।

Keep the very-bad words together: woeful, deplorable, appalling, lamentable, dire, abysmal.

बहुत खराब के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: woeful, deplorable, appalling, lamentable, dire, abysmal।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Woefully inadequate (extremely insufficient), a woeful performance, woeful ignorance.

Collocations: woefully inadequate (अत्यंत अपर्याप्त), a woeful performance, woeful ignorance।