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Woebegone

adjective

Worn and broken down by hard use. Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down. "A decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" , "A flea-bitten sofa" , "A run-down neighborhood" , "A woebegone old shack"

Affected by or full of grief or woe. Synonym: woeful.

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"Woebegone" Quotes from Famous Books

... till late Saturday afternoon that Marjorie came at last, and Hugh had been fuming up and down, looking for her since early morning. Yet if he felt any ill-temper at her delay it was gone at a sight of the little face, so white and woebegone, so frankly miserable and unhappy that his ...

— The Imaginary Marriage • Henry St. John Cooper

... Oh-Pshaw's woebegone look began to fade from her face and her heart was warmed clear to the bottom at the thought of Sahwah's leaving the celebration and coming all the way out here to find her. The world took on a cheerful hue again; she sat up and dried her eyes and ...

— The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit - Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos • Hildegard G. Frey

... He looked very woebegone. He showed me his Georgian cross given for bravery in the field, and then once more the ikon his mother had given him. "Seven years, and I haven't ...

— Europe—Whither Bound? - Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 • Stephen Graham

Words linked to "Woebegone" : worn, sorrowful