CEFR A2

woful

adjective

Meaning

woful means obsolete spelling of woeful. [Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.]. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as woful.
A woful tone can change the mood of a conversation.

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woful (A2)

adjective

Definition

Examples

The writer described the response as woful.
A woful tone can change the mood of a conversation.

How to Use woful

woful + noun (collocation): Use woful before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a woful reaction."
become woful (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became woful near the end."

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