American English pronunciation

How to pronounce woebegone

IPA transcription: ['woʊbɪ,ɡɔn]

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Adjective

  • affected by or full of grief or woe; - George du Maurier

    “his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone”

  • 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”