woebegoneadjective
uk/ˈwəʊ.bɪ.ɡɒn/us/ˈwoʊ.bɪ.ɡɑːn/literarylooking very sad:
When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression.
There's no need to look so woebegone - we can get it fixed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- wretched
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