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adjective
- 1. sad or miserable in appearance: "don't look so woebegone, Joanna"
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adjective. literary uk / ˈwəʊ.bɪ.ɡɒn / us / ˈwoʊ.bɪ.ɡɑːn / Add to word list. looking very sad: When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression. There's no need to look so woebegone - we can get it fixed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty.
The meaning of WOEBEGONE is strongly affected with woe : woeful. How to use woebegone in a sentence. Breaking Down Woebegone
beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face. Synonyms: gloomy, forlorn, suffering. woebegone. / ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn / adjective. sorrowful or sad in appearance. archaic. afflicted with woe.
adjective. 1. sorrowful or sad in appearance. 2. archaic. afflicted with woe. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C14: from a phrase such as me is wo begon woe has beset me.
To be woebegone is to be sad, forlorn, or heartbroken. The woebegone expression on your face tells everyone how totally bummed out you are. The word woebegone doesn't make its meaning clear at first glance: it seems to imply that woe, or extreme sadness, is gone.
adjective. literary us / ˈwoʊ.bɪ.ɡɑːn / uk / ˈwəʊ.bɪ.ɡɒn / Add to word list. looking very sad: When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression. There's no need to look so woebegone - we can get it fixed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty.
adj. 1. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness: "He was woebegone at the thought of losing my mother's voice from the choir" (John Irving). See Synonyms at sad. 2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition: a rundown, woebegone old shack.
