woebegone[adjective]Synonyms: downcast, blue, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downhearted, low, gloomy, black, bleak, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, oppressive, tenebrific
Contrasted words: alert, concerned, interested, spirited, lively, vigorous, avid, eager, keen, bright, crisp, fresh, gay
Related Words: lugubrious,
melancholy,
dilapidated,
outworn,
shabby,
worn [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
woe‧be‧gone /ˈwəʊbɪɡɒn $ ˈwoʊbɪɡɒːn, -ɡɑːn/
adjective 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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲