WOEBEGONE Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

woebegone

adjective

ˈwō-bi-ˌgȯn

Definition of woebegone next

as in sad

feeling unhappiness the most woebegone people that I had ever seen in my life

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Recent Examples of woebegone The Chargers would clinch the sixth-seeded spot with a victory over the Broncos or a loss by the Buffalo Bills to the woebegone New York Jets or a tie with the Broncos and a tie by the Bills or a tie with the Broncos and a loss by the Texans. —

Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025 Advertisement Tilda Swinton Courtesy of Netflix Through it all, Farrell’s Doyle stammers and sputters, his woebegone eyebrows carrying the full weight of his worries. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025 With two more wins against the woebegone Chicago White Sox, Seattle could sneak to within 1 1/2 games before the Astros open a weekend series at Yankee Stadium on Friday. —

Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025 For two of the world’s most woebegone places, Afghanistan and Gaza, glimmers of a return to athletic competition show why sports do indeed retain that eternal power of joy – and possible rejuvenation. —

The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for woebegone

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Adjective

As major college athletics continues to shift into for-profit, these types of sad measures are expected to continue, and private equity will continue to creep in.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
And such a sad story for Positano, and this whole region.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026