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woebegone |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Woe-begone \Woe"-be*gone`\, a. [OE. wo begon. See {Woe}, and {Begone}, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. --Chaucer. So woe-begone was he with pains of love. --Fairfax. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: woebegone adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: {creaky}, {decrepit}, {flea-bitten}, {run-down}] 2: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier [syn: {woeful}]
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