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Definition of "woefulness" [woe•ful•ness]

  • The quality of being woeful (noun)

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Use "woefulness" in a sentence
  • "I gazed at her naked belly for a long while and, finally, with a kind of woefulness, bowed my head."
  • "Israel uses Intifada, Hamas, Qassam canister rockets, guns, and the act of youth throwing stones (vs. tanks, bombs, air power, and the threat of nukes) as a perennial caveat for the breakdown of talks: it is very savvy at keeping up a rhetorical façade of disconsolate woefulness and pathos for international benefit."
  • "Israel uses Intifada, Hamas, Qassam canister rockets, guns, and the act of youth throwing stones vs. tanks, bombs, air power, and the threat of nukes as a perennial caveat for the breakdown of talks: it is very savvy at keeping up a rhetorical façade of disconsolate woefulness and pathos for international benefit."