woebegone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

In a deplorable state.
Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

Pronunciation

/ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woebegone.wav wōʹbĭ-gôn /ˈwoʊbɪɡɔn/ wōʹbĭ-gän /ˈwoʊbɪɡɑn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-woebegone.wav

Word forms

woebegone more woebegone most woebegone

Etymology

From Old English wābegān (“beset by woe”), from wā (“woe”) + begān (“to beset, to surround”). Equivalent to woe + begone (past participle of bego).

Synonyms

dilapidated derelict godforsaken ramshackle rundown tumbledown sad lamentable atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy miserable moody

Derived words

Lake Wobegon woebegonely woebegoneness

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