Synonyms for woefulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : woh-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwoʊ fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for woefulness Other synonyms for the word woefulness
- abjectness
- blue funk
- despondency
- disconsolation
- discouragement
- dispiritedness
- distress
- doldrums
- dole
- dolefulness
- dolor
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- dullness
- dumps
- ennui
- gloom
- gloominess
- heaviness of heart
- heavyheartedness
- hopelessness
- low spirits
- lowness
- lugubriosity
- melancholia
- melancholy
- misery
- mortification
- qualm
- sadness
- sorrow
- sulks
- the blues
- trouble
- unhappiness
- vapors
- woefulness
- worry
Définition of woefulness
Origin :- c.1300, "afflicted with sorrow," from woe + -ful. Weakened sense of "very bad" recorded by 1610s. Related: Woefully; woefulness.
- As in depression : noun low spirits; despair
- As in dumps : noun depression
- It was past ludicrous; yet admitted of no woefulness, nothing soothingly pathetic.
- Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
- Drizzling they returned, images of woefulness in various forms, including laughter's.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
- Olive understood, or thought she understood, and the woefulness of it all only seemed the deeper.
- Extract from : « The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) » by Henry James
- And he indicated Lionel, who stood at Rosamund's side, the very incarnation of woefulness and debility.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
Antonyms for woefulness
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