wobegone

[ woh-bi-gawn, -gon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

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The boy—for he was scarcely more, big and handsome and strong though he appeared—looked terribly wobegone.

Poor little Nabul lifted up a wobegone face and slowly rose to his feet.

The wobegone face hid its crimson tide in two quivering hands.

The effect of it, to the bystanders, is like that of a wobegone ballad-singer chanting a merry stave.

Mrs. Eames was a poor forlorn woman—forlorn even during the time of her husband's life, but very wobegone now in her widowhood.

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