woefulness
- noun
- /ˈwoʊfəl.nəs/
:
tristeza
- His expression reflected a profound woefulness after hearing about the natural disaster that devastated the town.
Examples
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After experiencing the loss of her beloved pet, she was overcome by a deep sense of woefulness that lasted for weeks.
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As a harbinger of dew, moisture, rain, and tides, Isis's woefulness, symbolically speaking, affected the swelling of the Nile, crucial for the Egyptians' crops.
Academic text (1996) -
The tragic news left a palpable woefulness in the room, as everyone struggled to come to terms with the loss.
Synonyms
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6.1
A deep sadness or a serious problem someone has
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7.1
A state of great unhappiness and suffering often caused by poverty
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6.5
A deep, quiet feeling or look of sadness
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8.4
A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
Deep, quiet sadness often caused by grief
A quiet feeling of sadness and low spirits
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Woefulness comes from the old English word woe, which means 'deep sorrow', and the ending -ness which turns an adjective into a 'state or quality'. So, woefulness is the state of being very sad or full of sorrow.