Meanings
begone1
interjection
alternative be gone
- archaichumoroususuallyExpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
Fairies be gone, and be alwaies away.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 157, column 12 more examples
"Begone! move quickly! if quickly you can, you that shine forth into sight in moist times like the worm."
1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod ManBegone. Thus decrees Unicron, Chaos-Bringer!
2023 December 18, “Galactus VS Unicron (Marvel Comics VS Transformers)” (14:21 from the start), in DEATH BATTLE!, season 10, episode 16, spoken by Unicron (Brent Mukai)
begone2
verb
- participlepastpast participle of bego
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
begone · interjection
Univerbation of be + gone. Compare English beware.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kaikkoa
- kaikkoaexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
French ouste
- ousteexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Hungarian tűnj el, tűnj a szemem elől
- tűnj elexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- tűnj a szemem előlexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Indonesian enyahlah
- enyahlahexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Italian vattene
- vatteneexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Japanese 去ね
- 去ね (ine)expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Malay kus, syuh
- kusexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- syuhexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Russian уходи́, уходи́те
- уходи́ (uxodí)expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- уходи́те (uxodíte)expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- прочь (pročʹ)expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- вон (von)expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Scottish Gaelic falbh, bi air d' fhalbh
- falbhexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- bi air d' fhalbhexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
- thoir ortexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Swedish försvinn
- försvinnexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Welsh cer o 'ma
- cer o 'maexpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with begone
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
begone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begone
MLA
“begone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begone.
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