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WOE-BEGONE

Definition: WOE-BEGONE

WOE-BEGONE

Adjective

1. Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WOE-BEGONE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Woe-begone \Woe"-be*gone`\, adjective. [from Old English expression wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, past participle]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: WOE-BEGONE

Synonyms: Broken-hearted, Doleful. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: WOE-BEGONE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pain

Unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone; cheerless; (dejected); careworn.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: WOE-BEGONE

English words defined with "WOE-BEGONE": Begone. (references)

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Anagrams: WOE-BEGONE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: woebegone.

Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-g-n-o-o-w"

-1 letter: wobegone.

-2 letters: gobonee.

-3 letters: begone.

-4 letters: bongo, ngwee.

-5 letters: been, bene, bone, bong, boon, ebon, enow, gene, gobo, gone, goon, gown, oboe, ogee, ween.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-g-n-o-o-w"
 

+4 letters: woebegoneness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WOE-BEGONE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 4F 45 2D 42 45 47 4F 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01001111 01000101 00101101 01000010 01000101 01000111 01001111 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#79 &#69 &#45 &#66 &#69 &#71 &#79 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 004F 0045 002D 0042 0045 0047 004F 004E 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57493915363941494839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams 		5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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