woesome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of woesome
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The heaving of the great pans, like battering-rams against the sides of the Neptune, made a woesome noise below decks.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
Alden, come on, lad, 't is time for prayers, and thy woesome face suits the occasion.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
In world may come romance, With all the lures of love and glamour; And woesome tragedy will chance To him whom fairy forms enamour.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by George William Russell
He had another woesome account of a sloop-of-war in which he had gone through the Straits of Magellan.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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