[SPAN class=pronset] [SCRIPT language=DOH!script]AC_FL_RunContent = 0;[/SCRIPT] [SCRIPT type=text/XXXXscript]var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( "vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/d/g/speaker.swf", "speaker", "17", "15", "[a href=\"vny!://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/W02/W0213200\" target=\"_blank\"][img src=\"vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"woebegone pronunciation\" /][/a]", "6");interfaceflash.addParam("loop", "false");interfaceflash.addParam("quality", "high");interfaceflash.addParam("menu", "false");interfaceflash.addParam("salign", "t");interfaceflash.addParam("FlashVars", "soundUrl=vny!%3A%2F%2Fsp.dictionary.com%2Fdictstatic%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FW02%2FW0213200.mp3&clkLogProxyUrl=vny!%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&t=a&d=d&s=di&c=a&ti=1&ai=51359&l=dir&o=0&sv=00000000&ip=6031a3b1&u=audio"); interfaceflash.addParam('wmode','transparent');interfaceflash.write();[/SCRIPT] [OBJECT id=speaker code base="code base=" classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000 width=17 align=textTop height=15 vny!: fpdownload.macromedia.com pub shockwave cabs flash swflash.cab#version='6,0,0,0"'][PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="449"][PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="396"][PARAM NAME="FlashVars" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="Movie" VALUE="vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/d/g/speaker.swf"][PARAM NAME="Src" VALUE="vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/d/g/speaker.swf"][PARAM NAME="WMode" VALUE="Transparent"][PARAM NAME="Play" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="Loop" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="Quality" VALUE="High"][PARAM NAME="SAlign" VALUE="T"][PARAM NAME="Menu" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="Base" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="AllowScriptAccess" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="Scale" VALUE="ShowAll"][PARAM NAME="DeviceFont" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="EmbedMovie" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="BGColor" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="SWRemote" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="MovieData" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="SeamlessTabbing" VALUE="1"][PARAM NAME="Profile" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="ProfileAddress" VALUE=""][PARAM NAME="ProfilePort" VALUE="0"][PARAM NAME="AllowNetworking" VALUE="all"][PARAM NAME="AllowFullScreen" VALUE="false"][/OBJECT][NOSCRIPT][/NOSCRIPT] [SPAN style="DISPLAY: none" class=show_ipapr][SPAN class=prondelim]/[/SPAN][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"][SPAN class=pron]ˈwoʊ[img class=luna-Img border=0 alt="" src="vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/img]bɪˌgɔn[/SPAN][SPAN class=pron],[/SPAN][/FONT] [SPAN class=pron][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]-ˌgɒn[/FONT][/SPAN][SPAN class=prondelim]/[/SPAN] [A href="vny!://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html" target=_blank][img class=luna-Img onmouseover="swapLunaImage('default', this);" onmouseout="swapLunaImage('selected', this);" border=0 src="vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif[/img][/A] [SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline" class=pron_toggle][A class=pronlink onmouseover="status='Click to toggle pronunciation';return true;" title="Click to show spelled" onmouseout="status='';return true;" onclick=jvascript:show_sp() alt="Toggle for Spelled"]Show Spelled[/A][/SPAN][/SPAN][SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline" class=show_spellpr][SPAN class=prondelim][[/SPAN][SPAN class=pron][SPAN class=boldface]woh[/SPAN]-bi-gawn[/SPAN][SPAN class=pron],[/SPAN] [SPAN class=pron]-gon[/SPAN][SPAN class=prondelim]][/SPAN] [A href="vny!://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html" target=_blank][img class=luna-Img onmouseover="swapLunaImage('default', this);" onmouseout="swapLunaImage('selected', this);" border=0 src="vny!://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif[/img][/A] [SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline" class=pron_toggle][A class=pronlink onmouseover="status='Click to toggle pronunciation';return true;" title="Click to show IPA" onmouseout="status='';return true;" onclick=jvascript:show_ip() alt="Toggle for IPA"]Show IPA[/A][/SPAN][/SPAN][/SPAN] [DIV class=body] [DIV class=pbk][SPAN class=pg]–adjective[/SPAN] [DIV class=luna-Ent][SPAN class=dnindex]1.[/SPAN] [DIV class=dndata]beset with woe; affected by woe, esp. in appearance. [/DIV]
[DIV class=luna-Ent][SPAN class=dnindex]2.[/SPAN] [DIV class=dndata]showing or indicating woe: [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face=Georgia]He always had a woebegone look on his face. [/FONT][/SPAN][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV]
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[SPAN class=rom-inline]1300–50; [/SPAN]ME [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]wo begon[/FONT][/SPAN] orig., woe (has or had) surrounded (someone); [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]wo[/FONT][/SPAN] [SPAN][A style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" href="vny!://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woe"]woe[/A] [/SPAN]+ [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]begon,[/FONT][/SPAN] ptp. of [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]begon,[/FONT][/SPAN] OE [SPAN class=ital-inline][FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"]begān[/FONT][/SPAN] to surround, besiege ([SPAN]see [A style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" href="vny!://dictionary.reference.com/browse/be-"]be-[/A], [A style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" href="vny!://dictionary.reference.com/browse/go"]go[/A][SPAN class=x]1[/SPAN][/SPAN]) [/DIV]
[SPAN class=sectionLabel]—Related forms[/SPAN] [DIV class=roset][SPAN class=secondary-bf]woe·be·gone·ness, [/SPAN][SPAN class=pg]noun[/SPAN][/DIV]
[SPAN class=sectionLabel]—Synonyms [/SPAN]
[SPAN class=secondary-bf][SPAN]2.[/SPAN][/SPAN] suffering, troubled, forlorn, gloomy.
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