woebegoneness

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woe·be·gone

(wō′bĭ-gôn′, -gŏn′)

adj.

1. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness: "He was woebegone at the thought of losing my mother's voice from the choir" (John Irving). See Synonyms at sad.

2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition: a rundown, woebegone old shack.

[Middle English wo begon, beset with woe : wo, woe; see woe + begon, past participle of begon, to beset (from Old English begān : be-, be- + gān, to go; see go¹).]

woe′be·gone′ness n.

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woebegoneness

(ˈwəʊbɪɡɒnnəs)

adj

the condition or state of being woebegone

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