Meaning of WORN
| Pronunciation: | | wowrn
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- [adj] showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
- [adj] affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
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| | Synonyms: | | aged, attrited, battered, careworn, clapped out, creaky, decrepit, dog-eared, drawn, eared, eroded, flea-bitten, frayed, haggard, mangey, mangy, moth-eaten, played out, raddled, ragged, ratty, run-down, scoured, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopsoiled, shopworn, tatterdemalion, tattered, tatty, threadbare, thumbed, tired, vermiculate, waterworn, weather-beaten, weathered, weatherworn, well-worn, woebegone, worm-eaten, wormy, worn-out |
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| | Antonyms: | | unworn | | |
| | See Also: | | old | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Worn\,
p. p. of {Wear}.
{Worn land}, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or
which for any reason has lost its fertility.
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