- woebegone
- [ʹwəʋbıgɒn] a
1. удручённый, горестный, скорбный (о виде человека)2. безутешный, удручённый горем3. находящийся в бедственном положении
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woebegone — index disconsolate, lugubrious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
woebegone — c.1300, in me is wo bigone woe has beset me, from begon to beset, surround … Etymology dictionary
woebegone — disconsolate, dispirited, dejected, depressed, *downcast Analogous words: *melancholy, lugubrious, doleful: forlorn, *despondent: spiritless, listless (see LANGUID) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
woebegone — [adj] depressed, troubled black, bleak, blue*, bummed out*, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth*, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief… … New thesaurus
woebegone — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sad or miserable in appearance. ORIGIN from WOE(Cf. ↑woe) + obsolete begone «surrounded» … English terms dictionary
woebegone — [wō′bē gôn΄, wō′bigôn΄] adj. [ME wo begon < wo, WOE + begon, pp. of begon, to go around < OE began < be , BE + gan, to GO1] 1. Archaic woeful 2. of woeful appearance; looking sorrowful, mournful, or wretched … English World dictionary
woebegone — adjective Etymology: Middle English wo begon, from wo, noun + begon, past participle of begon to go about, beset, from Old English begān, from be + gān to go more at go Date: 14th century 1. strongly affected with woe ; woeful 2. a. exhibiting… … New Collegiate Dictionary
woebegone — [[t]wo͟ʊbɪgɒn[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is woebegone is very sad. [WRITTEN] She sniffed and looked woebegone. Syn: miserable Ant: joyful … English dictionary
woebegone — woebegoneness, n. /woh bi gawn , gon /, adj. 1. beset with woe; affected by woe, esp. in appearance. 2. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face. [1300 50; ME wo begon orig., woe (has or had) surrounded (someone); wo… … Universalium
woebegone — I woebegone, woeful (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, unhappy. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. despondent, depressed, dejected; see sad 1 , sorrowful . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sad, depressed, melancholy … English dictionary for students
woebegone — woe|be|gone [ˈwəubıgɔn US ˈwoubıgo:n, ga:n] adj literary [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: woe + begone affected (from bego to surround, affect (11 16 centuries), from Old English began, from gan to go )] looking very sad ▪ her woebegone expression … Dictionary of contemporary English
