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woebegone

[woh-bi-gawn, -gon] / ˈwoʊ bɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn /
ADJECTIVE
depressed, troubled
Synonyms
WEAK
black bleak blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless crestfallen dejected despondent disconsolate dismal dispirited doleful down down-in-the-mouth downcast downhearted dreary forlorn gloomy grief-stricken grim hangdog hurting in pain long-faced low lugubrious melancholy miserable mournful sad shot down sorrowful unhappy woeful wretched
Antonyms
WEAK
enthused excited happy untroubled

Example Sentences

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In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

Like Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Gabriel is a bit of a woebegone misfit in a long coat who needs assistance from the humans he is supposed to be assisting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Alternately woebegone and hopeful, his star-studded “Lovin’ of the Game,” out Friday, is an ecstatic document of what the fiddle has meant to his story — and what he hopes to mean to its history.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

The Bengals are back in the mix of leading contenders in the AFC the season after their rapid ascent from woebegone to Super Bowl participant.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding