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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

    The meaning of WOEBEGONE is strongly affected with woe : woeful. How to use woebegone in a sentence. Breaking Down Woebegone

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of woebegone in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    / 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.

  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

    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.

  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.thefreedictionary.com › woebegoneWoebegone - definition of woebegone by The Free Dictionary

    1. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness: "He was woebegone at the thought of losing my mother's voice from the choir" (John Irving). See Synonyms at sad. 2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition: a rundown, woebegone old shack.

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

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word woebegone. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishwoebegone 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.

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

    adjective beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face. Synonyms: gloomy, forlorn, suffering woebegone / ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn /

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › woebegoneWoebegone Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    woebegone. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: woebegone (adjective) woebegone / ˈ woʊbiˌgɑːn/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of WOEBEGONE. [more woebegone; most woebegone] : looking or feeling very sad. His face had a woebegone expression. a woebegone town.