woebegone
1
9.6
- adjective
- /ˈwoʊbɪˌɡɔn/
- Literature
:
desolado
- She wore a woebegone expression when she realized she had lost her favorite toy.
Examples
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Perhaps as a conscious corrective to the suggestion that Kahlua was a consolation prize for losers, EJL used effigies of less woebegone aspect in their next campaign, which features West Mexican twosomes rather than single figures.
Academic text (2000) -
Before my eyes, such gentleness descended upon the woebegone landscape to soften the ridges of things, the angles of gestures, the thorny crown of the stones.
Academic text (1996) -
You could feel the intensity as Tony tries to help the woebegone Americans.
Blog text (3) -
The tourists from Billings, Montana looked woebegone.
Fiction book (2001) -
She read The Bride of Lindorf and suddenly it's all woebegone maidens and dramatic deaths.
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In the foreground stands the forlorn, woebegone temple, neglected, unusable.
Fiction book (2002) -
There I was, contemplating my woebegone past and my uncertain future, thinking maybe this would be the day I really would give it one more try, when I glanced down from my perch on the deck of Sally Solana's bayview manor and had an entirely different thought: why the heck is that John Doe near the water's edge choosing to be dead on such a day?
Fiction book (2001) -
The construction of this road would serve to bring blessed relief to the woebegone citizens of Piaseczno, for whom the slo-mo grind along Puławska is a twice-daily ordeal.
Blog text (29) -
After the storm, the children looked woebegone as they surveyed the damage in their neighborhood.
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The old, woebegone dog sat by the door, waiting for its owner to return.
Synonyms
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
8
4.4
Feeling sad and quiet without much energy
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
4
7.0
Having a mouth turned down and looking unhappy
3
6.0
Feeling very sad and showing deep sorrow, like after bad news
3
9.5
Very sad in a way that seems too much and not natural
1
3.6
Having a sad look on the face
1
7.7
Having a tired, worried face after a long time of worry or too much work
A face that looks tired, pale, and worried
Pale in the face and looking sick or unhappy
A person or animal with a face that looks sad and tired
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Woebegone is made from woe ('deep sadness') and the old phrase be-gone ('be gone' or 'affected by'), giving the image of someone taken by sorrow. So a woebegone person looks very sad and worn out.