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woebegone
/ ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn /
adjective
- sorrowful or sad in appearance
- archaic.afflicted with woe
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- woebe·goneness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of woebegone1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of woebegone1
C14: from a phrase such as me is wo begon woe has beset me
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Example Sentences
Graterford is a forbidding, shabby, woebegone facility built in 1929.
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On this occasion, however, it failed to produce anything more than a woebegone pucker that foreshadowed something worse.
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The girl of the Red Mill heard the speech of the stranger and noted her woebegone accent.
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She was so absorbed that she almost fell over the woebegone little figure on the step.
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He stood before me the most woebegone, heartbroken man I ever saw.
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Although invariably English, they grow pale and woebegone just as easily in London as in Paris.
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