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woe⋅be⋅gone

  [woh-bi-gawn, -gon]
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–adjective
1. beset with woe; affected by woe, esp. in appearance.
2. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face.
Origin:
1300–50; ME wo begon orig., woe (has or had) surrounded (someone); wo woe + begon, ptp. of begon, OE begān to surround, besiege (see be-, go 1 )

Related forms:
woe⋅be⋅gone⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. suffering, troubled, forlorn, gloomy.
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Word Origin & History

woebegone 
c.1300, in me is wo bigone "woe has beset me," from begon "to beset, surround."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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