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Grammar : Adj

Spell : woh-bi-gawn, -gon

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwoʊ bɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn

Definition of woebegone

Origin : c.1300, in me is wo bigone "woe has beset me," from woe + begon "to beset, surround."

adj depressed, troubled

Example sentences :

Withhold not Thy countenance from the tears and beseechings of the woebegone.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

"No one knows," said Esther, still in the same tragic, woebegone manner.
Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

"She doesn't look half as woebegone over it as you do," I said.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Mary opened the door for her, and Denys was struck by her woebegone, weary face.
Extract from : « The Girls of St. Olave's » by Mabel Mackintosh

That was snowballing a cripple, and he was really most woebegone about it.
Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester

When he went home the frog at once asked him why he was so sad and woebegone.
Extract from : « Tales of Folk and Fairies » by Katharine Pyle

He stood before me the most woebegone, heartbroken man I ever saw.
Extract from : « A Confederate Girl's Diary » by Sarah Margan Dawson

When they saw his woebegone countenance they questioned him closely.
Extract from : « Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book » by Edmund Dulac

Fred said nothing further; she was looking so ruefully woebegone.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Judy was snivelling and sobbing in the most woebegone manner.
Extract from : « Jane Allen: Center » by Edith Bancroft

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