woebegone
adjective /ˈwəʊ.bɪ.ɡɒn/
/ˈwoʊ.bɪ.ɡɑːn/ literaryDefinition
› looking very sad: When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression. There's no need to look so woebegone - we can get it fixed.Feeling sad and unhappy
(Definition of woebegone adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- distraught adjective
- distressed adjective
- doleful adjective
- dour adjective
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- low-spirited adjective
- lugubrious adjective
- martyred adjective
- maudlin adjective
- melancholic adjective
- upset adjective (WORRIED)
- wistful adjective
- woe is me idiom
- woeful adjective (SAD)
Topic:
Feeling sad and unhappy
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