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Disastrous vs Woeful - What's the difference?

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Disastrous is a related term of woeful.


As adjectives the difference between disastrous and woeful

is that disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous while woeful is full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.

disastrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

    • Synonyms

    * (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic * (ill-omened) ill-boding, , sinister

    Derived terms

    * disastrously

    woeful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
    • How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace! — Daniel.
  • Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
    • a woeful event
    a woeful lack of restraint
  • wretched; paltry; poor
    • What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! — Pope.

    Synonyms

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