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woegeous

woegeous adjective: of poor quality; woefully bad; awful.

Adjective

woegeous (comparative more woegeous, superlative most woegeous)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) Of poor quality; woefully bad; awful.
    • The weather forecast is woegeous. Imagine being stuck in a field in Galway with the wind and the rain lashing down.2008, Kate Thompson, Love Lies Bleeding, New Island, →ISBN, page 47
    • She's pig ugly, cap'n. I've never seen a more woegeous body shape without a BC Rich logo on it!2008 (2 March), "Doctor J" comment #16 in thread "EBMM Petrucci on chrisguitars, someone here snap this up quick!" on Boards.ie

Adverb

woegeous

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) Awfully; extremely.
    • I love him woegeous, ye know.1998, Pat Kinevan, “The nun's wood”, in Fishamble, Pigsback: first plays, New Island, published 2002, →ISBN, page 433

Forms of woegeous

comparativemore woegeous
superlativemost woegeous

Origin of woegeous

Perhaps a blend of woeful and atrocious or outrageous; or playful analogy with gorgeous.

Words formed from woegeous

Questions about woegeous

What does woegeous mean?
Woegeous means of poor quality; woefully bad; awful.
What part of speech is woegeous?
Woegeous can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near woegeous in the dictionary

  1. woeful
  2. woefuller
  3. woefullest
  4. woefully
  5. woefulness
  6. woegeous
  7. woegeously
  8. Woehler
  9. woehlerite
  10. Woehlers
  11. Woehrle

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