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Pronunciation / Transliteration: lamentavel
"Eles tiveram um desempenho lamentável no jogo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by, associated with, or causing deep sorrow or misery.
"She shared a woeful tale of hardship and loss." - 2
Of very poor quality or deplorable insufficiency.
"The team put in a woeful performance during the championship match."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'wāfyl', combining 'wā' (woe, grief) and the suffix '-ful' (full of). Over centuries, it transitioned from describing deep emotional sorrow to also denoting something of extremely poor quality or deplorable wretchedness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Woeful" is said worldwide
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désolant
Transliteration: dezolɑ̃
"Leurs résultats scolaires étaient désolants."
jämmerlich
Transliteration: jɛmɐlɪç
"Sie lieferten eine jämmerliche Leistung ab."
luttuoso
Transliteration: lutːwozo
"Ci ha raccontato una storia luttuosa."
lamentable
Transliteration: lamentable
"La situación económica actual es lamentable."
lamentável
Transliteration: lamentavel
"Eles tiveram um desempenho lamentável no jogo."
शोचनीय
Transliteration: shochaniya
"उसकी हालत बेहद शोचनीय थी।"
悲惨的
Transliteration: bīicǎn de
"这次考试的成绩真是悲惨的。"
참담한
Transliteration: chamdamhan
"그 회사의 재정 상태는 참담하다."
嘆かわしい
Transliteration: nagekawashii
"彼の成績は嘆かわしいほど悪かった。"
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