He looks woebegone
He looks miserable
TRANSLATION
woebegone = jammervoll, kläglich --- GOOGLE INDEX woebegone: approximately 400,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Barry Diller resurrected the fortunes of Paramount, transforming the WOEBEGONE studio with hits like Raiders of the Lost Ark and the TV show Cheers to cement his reputation as media miracle worker.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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"All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some WOEBEGONE puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others."
- Cynthia Heimel, author and playwright
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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"All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some WOEBEGONE puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others."
- Cynthia Heimel, author and playwright
Did you
know?
woebegone
adjective
- affected with or marked by deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness
- of an inferior or deplorable condition
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Woebegone stems from woe (extreme sadness) and begone (from begon, meaning to be surrounded by). While outdated, it is still used on occasion to describe something or someone that is sorrowful or pitiful. It can also refer to something in bad condition such as a "woebegone house" for instance or even a sports team that is not playing well.
Although pronounced the same, Wobegon as in the "Lake Wogebon effect" means something completely different. This expression was inspired by Lake Wobegon, the name of a fictional American town created by Garrison Keillor, a writer and the moderator of a popular show on National Public Radio in the United States. Lake Wobegon is a play on words that implies a town that is "woebegone," meaning it is has seen better days.
As Keillor put it, Lake Wobegon is a place where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." The Lake Wobegon effect is therefore defined as the tendency to treat all members of a group as above average, particularly with respect to numerical values such as test scores or executive salaries, which in reality is a mathematical impossibility.
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SYNONYMS
blue, bummed out, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down-in-the-mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, grim, hangdog, hurting, in pain, long-faced, low, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful, wretched
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Don't look so woebegone. Only one more day until the weekend starts."
adjective
- affected with or marked by deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness
- of an inferior or deplorable condition
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Woebegone stems from woe (extreme sadness) and begone (from begon, meaning to be surrounded by). While outdated, it is still used on occasion to describe something or someone that is sorrowful or pitiful. It can also refer to something in bad condition such as a "woebegone house" for instance or even a sports team that is not playing well.
Although pronounced the same, Wobegon as in the "Lake Wogebon effect" means something completely different. This expression was inspired by Lake Wobegon, the name of a fictional American town created by Garrison Keillor, a writer and the moderator of a popular show on National Public Radio in the United States. Lake Wobegon is a play on words that implies a town that is "woebegone," meaning it is has seen better days.
As Keillor put it, Lake Wobegon is a place where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." The Lake Wobegon effect is therefore defined as the tendency to treat all members of a group as above average, particularly with respect to numerical values such as test scores or executive salaries, which in reality is a mathematical impossibility.
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SYNONYMS
blue, bummed out, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down-in-the-mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, grim, hangdog, hurting, in pain, long-faced, low, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful, wretched
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Don't look so woebegone. Only one more day until the weekend starts."
