woful

adjective
[Written also Woeful.]
1. Sorrowful, distressed, sad, afflicted, unhappy, grieved, anguished, agonized, miserable, piteous, wretched, melancholy, disconsolate, troubled, burdened. See woe begone.
2. Grievous, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, disastrous, calamitous, dreadful, tragical, deplorable, piteous, pitiable, depressing, sorrowful, saddening.
3. Wretched, paltry, mean, pitiful.