Woeful

That's why I love that Don Quixote's added title was "The Knight of the Woeful Countenance."

Our roads are in a woeful condition.

It's at times like this I'm reminded of the woeful inadequacy of human justice.

Let's drink, eat, and talk about our woeful deeds.

And now let's talk about our woeful deeds.

How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace!

a woeful event

a woeful lack of restraint

Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in.

What woful stuff this madrigal would be / In some starv'd hackney sonneteer or me!