woebegone

English

Etymology

Old English, “woe has beset me”, from wo (“woe”) + begon (“to beset, to surround”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn/, X-SAMPA: /"w@UbIgQn/
• (US) enPR: wōʹbĭ-gän, IPA: /ˈwoʊbɪɡɑn/, X-SAMPA: /"woUbIgAn/

Adjective

woebegone (comparative more woebegone, superlative most woebegone)

1. In a deplorable state.
2. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On The Road‎

     When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.

Synonyms

• (in a deplorable state): dilapidated, derelict, godforsaken, ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown
• (filled with woe): depressed, despondent, melancholy, miserable, sad, saddened, sorrowful, woeful
• See also Wikisaurus:unhappy

Translations

in a deplorable state

• Swedish: bedrövad (sv)

• Turkish: acınası (tr)

filled with woe

• Turkish: dertli (tr), kederli (tr), hüzünlü (tr), acılı (tr), elemli (tr), gamlı (tr)