woebegone• the woebegonecoalindustry• a woebegoneexpression• In the bathroom, her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror.• Hepzibah looked at Carrie's woebegone face.
Originwoebegone
(1200-1300)woe + begone“affected” (from bego“to surround, affect”((11-16 centuries)), from Old Englishbegan, from gan“to go”)