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- Dictionarywoebegone/ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn/
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.
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.
Woebegone definition: beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.. See examples of WOEBEGONE used in a sentence.
To be woebegone is to be sad, forlorn, or heartbroken. The woebegone expression on your face tells everyone how totally bummed out you are.
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.
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. Word Frequency. woebegone in American English. (ˈwoʊbiˌgɔn ; ˈwoʊbɪˌgɔn ) adjective. 1. Archaic. woeful. 2.
Definition of woebegone adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
