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woesome
[ woh-suhm ]
/ ˈwoʊ səm /
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adjective Archaic.
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How to use woesome in a sentence
The heaving of the great pans, like battering-rams against the sides of the Neptune, made a woesome noise below decks.
A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason GrenfellIn yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. PaineHe had another woesome account of a sloop-of-war in which he had gone through the Straits of Magellan.
From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life|Captain A. T. Mahan