woebegone
pronunciation
How to pronounce woebegone in British English:
UK [ˈwəʊbɪgɒn]
How to pronounce woebegone in American English:
US [ˈwoʊbɪgɔn]
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- Adjective:
- worn and broken down by hard use
- affected by or full of grief or woe
Word Origin
- woebegone (adj.)
- c. 1300, in expressions such as me is wo bigone "woe has beset me," from woe + begon "to beset, surround, overwhelm," from Old English began "go over, traverse; inhabit, occupy; surround, beset, overrun;" from be + go.
Example
- 1. I used to be woebegone and so restless nights .
- 2. A man in a woebegone tweed overcoat .
- 3. Voters increasingly deem the tory leader woebegone .
- 4. Why wear such a woebegone look ?
- 5. Do I love , I think you don 't like to see my woebegone !