woebegone

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[ UK /wˈə‍ʊbɪɡˌɒn/ ]
[ US /ˈwoʊbɪˌɡɔn/ ]

ADJECTIVE

worn and broken down by hard use
a woebegone old shack
a flea-bitten sofa
a creaky shack
a run-down neighborhood
a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
affected by or full of grief or woe
his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone

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How To Use woebegone In A Sentence

But even in this woebegone state, the structure was stunning.
Stop looking so woebegone, Justine," Grace said one evening. GO!
There's no need to look so woebegone - we can get it fixed.
The article ends with a woebegone quote from the doctor: ‘It is strange how a system can become so bad that no one, not a single person, can change it.’
She remains an orphan girl, and, as such, she partakes of the tradition of the orphan girl in the movies: outcast, woebegone, beset on all sides, but plucky and triumphant in the end.
When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression.
It was such a familiar woebegone scene, and it served to highlight just how anomalous the sunshine was.
In such a woebegone place, drink is a powerful aphrodisiac.
his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone
Her woebegone eyes spoke of unbearable suffering.

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