woesome

A child looks woesome after dropping her ice cream.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing or expressing sorrow: "woesome" describes something that evokes or is characterized by deep sadness, grief, or misery.
   • Wretched or pitiful: It can refer to a person, situation, or event that is profoundly unfortunate or deserving of compassion.

Usage Examples

• (The story caused great sadness.)
• (Her face showed deep sorrow.)
• (The situation was pitiful and full of hardship.)

Advanced Usage

• "woesome countenance": a facial expression marked by sorrow.

  • He wore a woesome countenance as he delivered the bad news. (His face showed grief.)

• "woesome event": an occurrence that brings great sadness.

  • The shipwreck was a woesome event that claimed many lives. (The disaster was deeply tragic.)

Variants and Related Words

• Woeful (adj): a more common synonym; full of woe or sadness.

  • The team’s woeful performance disappointed the fans. (Their play was pitifully bad.)

• Woe (n): great sorrow or distress.

  • She expressed her woe through poetry. (She conveyed her grief.)

Synonyms

• Mournful: expressing or feeling sorrow.
• Doleful: filled with or causing sadness.
• Lamentable: deserving of sorrow or regret.
• Tragic: extremely sad, especially involving death or suffering.

Related Idioms

• A woesome sight: a scene that causes pity or sorrow.

  • The abandoned puppy was a woesome sight. (The sight was pitiful.)

• Woesome as a widow's heart: a poetic expression meaning extremely sad.

  • After the defeat, the crowd was as woesome as a widow's heart. (They were deeply sorrowful.)