woebegone
adjective
beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
woebegoneness
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a word derived from
woebegone.
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Once, staring over the heads of a crowd, he saw himself being watched at a distance by "a strange visage" that studied him "with an expression of comical woebegoneness."
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