woeful
part of speech
adjective (more woeful, most woeful)
meaning for a pupil
1) Full of sorrow or sadness. tree →
2) Very bad or poor. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary lessons: In tales it describes a sad fate or punishment, or a poor showing.
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 →
- 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
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «woeful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.