/ ˈwəʊbɪgɒn; NAmE ˈwoʊbɪgɔːn; -gɑːn/ adjective
( formal ) looking very sad
SYN miserable :
a woebegone expression
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense afflicted with grief ): from woe + begone surrounded (past participle of obsolete bego go around, beset ).