woebegone

adj.

1. Affected with or marked by deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness. 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).]

woebegoneness woe'be·gone'ness n.

(WO-bi-gon)

adjective
Affected with, or exhibiting, woe.

Etymology
From Middle English woe + begon (beset)

Woe-Be-Gone! Sounds like the perfect name for a drive-thru pain-relief outlet. What a shame, the word means the opposite of what it appears to be.
There is a variety of Australian carpet shark called wobbegong (named from an Australian Aboriginal language). If one ever comes in touch with this fish, a woebegone status is certain.
garg AT wordsmith.org

Usage
"Tara, woebegone and still hiccuping with the force of her crying, was at the door." — Hema Nair; Growing Up Tara; Little India (New York); Oct 31, 2002.

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adjective

1. Suffering from usually prolonged anguish: miserable, woeful, wretched. See happy/unhappy.
2. Full of or expressive of sorrow: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woeful. See happy/unhappy.

adj

Definition: depressed, troubled
Antonyms: enthused, excited, happy, untroubled

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ulykkelig, fortvivlet, bedrøvelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
triest

Français (French)
adj. - abattu

Deutsch (German)
adj. - jammervoll

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δεινοπαθών, συφοριασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
desolato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - abatido

Русский (Russian)
удрученный, скорбный, безутешный, находящийся в бедственном положении

Español (Spanish)
adj. - angustiado, desconsolado, melancólico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - olycklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
愁眉苦脸的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愁眉苦臉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 슬픔에 잠긴, 수심에 찬

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悲しげな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مكروب, مصاب بالويل, مثقل بالهموم, كئيب, مهجور, خرب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עצוב, נוגה‬

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