woeful

adjective (more woeful, most woeful)

«woeful» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Full of sorrow or sadness. tree →
Very bad or poor. tree →

In the lessons

In tales it describes a sad fate or punishment, or a poor showing.

Examples

Her woeful punishment was hard to bear. tree →
The dog gave a woeful howl. tree →
The team played woeful football. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Here it means a day of disaster and calamity. The prophet says he did not wish for it to come upon his people.

Interpretation. Jeremiah insists he was a faithful messenger who only spoke the words God gave him, even when they foretold doom.

Examples

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; Thou knowest it; that which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee. (Prophets JER.17.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «woeful» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«woeful» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «woeful» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«woeful» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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