woebegone

  • 11woebegone — woe|be|gone [ˈwəubıgɔn US ˈwoubıgo:n, ga:n] adj literary [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: woe + begone affected (from bego to surround, affect (11 16 centuries), from Old English began, from gan to go )] looking very sad ▪ her woebegone expression …

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  • 12woebegone — woe|be|gone [ woubı,gan ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY looking sad: He looked at Carol s woebegone face …

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  • 13woebegone — adjective especially literary looking very sad: Her woebegone expression made him feel protective …

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  • 14woebegone — adjective we were not prepared to find Thom in such a woebegone condition Syn: sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected, disconsolate, forlorn, crestfallen, downcast, glum, gloomy, doleful, downhearted, heavy hearted, despondent, melancholy, sorrowful,… …

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  • 15woebegone — UK [ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn] / US [ˈwoʊbɪˌɡɑn] adjective mainly literary looking sad He looked at Carol s woebegone face …

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  • 16woebegone — /ˈwoʊbəgɒn / (say wohbuhgon) adjective 1. beset with woe; mournful or miserable; affected by woe, especially in appearance. 2. showing or indicating woe: he had a perpetual woebegone look on his face. Also, wobegone. {Middle English wo(e) bigon} …

  • 17woebegone — adjective /ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn,ˈwoʊbɪɡɑn/ a) in a deplorable state b) filled with or deeply affected by woe Syn: dilapidated, derelict, godforsaken, ramshackle, rundown …

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  • 18woebegone — Synonyms and related words: affecting, afflictive, bitter, black, bleak, blue, bowed down, cast down, cheerless, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, cut up, dashed, deep troubled, dejected, deplorable, depressed, depressing, depressive, desolate,… …

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  • 19woebegone — woe·be·gone || wəʊbɪgÉ‘n , gÉ”n / gÉ’n adj. sad, depressed, grief stricken …

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  • 20woebegone — [ wəʊbɪgɒn] adjective sad or miserable in appearance. Origin ME: from woe + begone surrounded (past participle of obs. bego go around, beset ) …

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