woebegone

woe·be·gone (w

-gôn

, -g

)

adj.

1. Affected with or marked by deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness. See Synonyms at sad.

2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition: a rundown, woebegone old shack.

[Middle English wo begon, beset with woe : wo, woe; see woe + begon, past participle of begon, to beset (from Old English begn : be-, be- + gn, to go; see go¹).]

woebe·goneness n.

woebegone [ˈwəʊbɪˌgɒn]

adj

1. sorrowful or sad in appearance

2. Archaic afflicted with woe

[from a phrase such as me is wo begon woe has beset me]

woebegone - Begone in woebegone means "beset" or "surrounded," so the word means "beset by woe."

See also related terms for surrounded.

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Adj.	1.	woebegone - worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	woebegone - affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier woeful sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

woebegone

adjective gloomy, low, blue, troubled, sad, miserable, forlorn, mournful, dejected, downcast, grief-stricken, lugubrious, long-faced, sorrowful, wretched, disconsolate, funereal, crestfallen, doleful, downhearted, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, hangdog, down in the mouth (informal), chapfallen She sniffed and looked quite woebegone.

Translations

woebegone [ˈwəʊbɪˌgɒn] ADJ (liter) → desconsolado, angustiado

woebegone [ˈwəʊbɪgɒn] adj → affligé(e)

woebegone

adj → kläglich, jämmerlich; expression also → jammervoll; voice → (weh)klagend, jammernd

woebegone [ˈwəʊbɪˌgɒn] adj → triste

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cheerless
creaky
decrepit
dejected
depressed
derelict
despondent
doleful
elated
flea-bitten
forlorn
grief-stricken
lugubrious
melancholy
overjoyed
plaintive
rueful
run-down
SAD

What is the ruinous discount which Mordecai, the broker, gets from poor Woebegone, the bankrupt, on a loan to keep Woebegone's family from starvation; what is that ruinous discount but a Fast-Fish?

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

He looked woebegone and yet ridiculous, like a man who has fallen into the water with all his clothes on, and, being rescued from death, frightened still, feels that he only looks a fool.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

Some cling to you in woebegone misery; others come back fiercely and weirdly, like ghouls bent upon sucking your strength away; others, again, have a catastrophic splendour; some are unvenerated recollections, as of spiteful wild-cats clawing at your agonized vitals; others are severe, like a visitation; and one or two rise up draped and mysterious, with an aspect of ominous menace.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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