woeful Copy link Outline 1. tristis, e2. maestus3. mĭsĕrābilis, e (moving pity)4. flēbĭlis, e (lamentable)5. luctuōsus (fraught with sorrow)6. aerumnōsus (of persons loaded with grief) • woeful: 1. tristis, e: I never saw you more w., nunquam ego te tristiorem vidi esse, Pl. Cist. 1., 1, 55: a w. countenance, vultus tristis, Pl. Most. 3, 2, 124: w. wars, tristia bella, Hor. A. P. 73. 2. maestus: why do I see you so w. and sad? quid vos maestos esse tam tristesque conspicor? Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 18: with w. and disturbed looks, maesto et conturbato vultu, Auct. Her. 3. 15, 27. 3. mĭsĕrābilis, e (moving pity): a w. sight, miserabilis aspectus, Cic. Phil. 2, 29. 73. 4. flēbĭlis, e (lamentable): set before your eyes that pitiable and w. sight, ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem, Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7. 5. luctuōsus (fraught with sorrow): wretched and w. times, misera tempora et luctuosa, Cic. Fam. 5, 14. 6. aerumnōsus (of persons loaded with grief): unhappy and w., infelix et aerumnosus, Cic. Verr. 5, 62, 162: v. sad, pitiable, grievous.