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    woebegone
    /ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn/

    adjective

    • 1. sad or miserable in appearance: "don't look so woebegone, Joanna"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWOEBEGONE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › woebegoneWoebegone Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : strongly affected with woe : woeful. 2. a. : exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery. a woebegone expression. b. : being in a sorry state. woebegone tattered clothes. woebegoneness noun. Did you know? Breaking Down Woebegone. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishWOEBEGONE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › woebegoneWOEBEGONE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Woebegone definition: beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.. See examples of WOEBEGONE used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › woebegoneWoebegone - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryWOEBEGONE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › woebegone_adjwoebegone, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    What does the word woebegone mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word woebegone. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word woebegone? About 0.1 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word pronounced?