1. Sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted.

How many woful widows left to bow to sad disgrace!

2. Sorrowful; mournful; full of distress; as woful day. Jeremiah 17:16.

3. Bringing calamity, distress or affliction; as a woful event; woful want.

4. Wretched; paltry.

What woful stuff this madrigal would be.