woebegone
woebegone /ˈwoʊbiˌɡɔn/ nghĩa là đau khổ, sầu não
Các nghĩa
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đau khổ, sầu não
Of a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.
[M]ake an ende of mone, / For you are ſicke, and ſhe is woe begone.
Behold that lofty shade, who this way tends, / And seems too woe-begone to drop a tear.
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có vẻ buồn bã, khổ sở
Of a person or thing: having a distressed, miserable, or sad appearance.
I now went down to have a look at the "port." It was the most woebegone excavation, full of mud and fishy refuse, you ever saw.
"[T]his café is really on the losing end of this street." It was almost as woebegone in sunshine as it had been in the rain.
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trong tình trạng tồi tệ, thảm hại
Of a thing: in a deplorable state.
Dạng khác
- more woebegone comparative
- most woebegone superlative