woebegone

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective worn and broken down by hard use
  2. adjective affected by or full of grief or woe; - George du Maurier

Etymology

From Old English wābegān (“beset by woe”), from wā (“woe”) + begān (“to beset, to surround”). Equivalent to woe + begone (past participle of bego).

In classic literature

Synonyms

creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down

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