Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched / With a woful agony, / Which forced me to begin my tale; / And then it left me free.
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Woful
Synonyms for "woful" (396 found)
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deplorablewoebegoneabominableaffectingafflictiveaggrievedanguishedarrantatrociousawfulbasebeastlybeneath contemptbitterblameworthybleakbroken-heartedbrutalcalamitouscareworn
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Adjective(54 words)
miserablesadatrabiliaryatrabiliousdarkdeplorablelowmournfulpitiablepitifulsorrowfulunhappywoebegonewretchedabjectapocalypticassbadbasebeggarly
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Adjective(63 words)
dejecteddepresseddepressingderidablederisibledespicabledespisabledespondentdestructivedevastatingdirtydisadventurousdisastrousdisconsolatediscreditabledisdainabledisgracefuldisgruntleddishearteneddishonorable
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dismaldispiriteddisreputabledistressingdolefuldolesomedowndown in the dumpsdown in the mouthdowncastdownhearteddownsomedreardrearisomedreichdullelegiacelegiouseradicativeexecrableextirpativefatalfilthyflimsyforbiddingforlorngaylessgloomsomegloomyglumgraygrief-strickengrievinggrievousgrimgrovelingharmfulheartsickheartsoreheavy-heartedhumorlessignobleignominious
Adjective(2 words)
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in the dumpsinconsolableinfamousjoylesslamentableloathsomelousylow-spiritedlugubriousmiserablemonstrousmournfulmovingnastynefariousnoisomenotoriousobnoxiousodiousoffensive
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on the rackoutrageousovercomepainfulpatheticpiteouspitiablepitifulplaintiveplangentplunged in griefpoignantrackedrankregrettableremorsefulreprehensiblerepulsiverottenruefulruthfulsadsaddeningscandalousschlockscurvyshabbyshamefulsharpshockingshoddysinkingsordidsoresorrowedsorrowfulsorrowingsqualidstrickensuicidaltearfulterribletoo badtorturedtouchinguncleanuncomfortableunfortunateunprecedentedvilevillainousworstworthlesswretchedwrung
Adjective(120 words)
inconsolableinfelicitousinferioringloriousjawfallenjokelessjoylesslachrymablelachrymoselamelamentablelamentfullaughablelethalloathsomelousylow-gradelow-qualitylow-spiritedludicrous
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lugubriouslumpishmaudlinmeanmean-spiritedmelancholicmelancholymirthlessmoodymopeymoroseobsceneoutrageouspaltrypassionatepatheticpathetisadperniciouspitisomeplaintiveplebeianpoorputridquerulousregrettablereprehensiblereptilereptilianreptitiousridiculousrinky-dinkrisibleroynishrubbishruefulruinoussaddenedsaddeningsaturninescaldschlockyscornworthyscummyscurvyshabbyshamefulshatteredshittyshoddyslavishsleazyslightslimslimysolemnsolitarysombresordidsorrow-riddensorrowsomesorryspiritlesssternsubparsubstandardsullensunlessthreneticthreneticaltin-pottragictrashytristetristfuluglyunacceptableuncheerfuluncheeryuncommendableunconsolableuncoolunfitunlivelyunmentionableunmerryunmirthfulunsatisfactoryunsophisticatedunsoundunsuitableunwashedunworthyupsettingvilevulgarweakwintrywistfulwoeworthless
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Still less has it the dreary moan, the cry as of one in pain, which is borne on a November blast; but it has a music of its own—sad, low, and plaintive, like the last echoes of a forsaken lute—a voice of weeping, but tender and subdued, like the pleasant tears shed over some woful romance of the olden time, telling some mournful chance of the young knight falling in his first battle, or of a maiden pale and perishing with ill-requited love.
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