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Woeful vs Unhappy - What's the difference?

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Woeful is a related term of unhappy.


As adjectives the difference between woeful and unhappy

is that woeful is full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity while unhappy is not happy; sad.

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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    unhappy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not happy; sad.
  • * The Beggar's Opera
    • A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.
  • Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
  • Not lucky; unlucky.
  • Not suitable; unsuitable.

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    Antonyms

    * happy * glad * delighted * exuberant * joyous * joyful