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    woebegone
    /ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn/

    adjective

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

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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

    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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  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?

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › woebegoneWoebegone Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Woebegone definition: Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionwoebegone adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of woebegone adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › woebegonewoebegone | meaning of woebegone in Longman Dictionary of...

    woebegone meaning, definition, what is woebegone: looking very sad: Learn more.