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"looking careworn as she bent over her mending" "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"adjectiveshowing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
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"worn threads on the screw" "a worn suit" "the worn pockets on the jacket"adjectiveaffected by wear; damaged by long use
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attrited battered clapped out creaky decrepit derelict dog-eared eared eroded flea-bitten frayed mangey mangy moth-eaten mothy played out raddled ragged ratty run-down scoured scruffy seedy shabby shopsoiled shopworn tatterdemalion tattered tatty threadbare thumbed worn-out aged vermiculate waterworn weather-beaten weathered weatherworn well-worn woebegone worm-eaten wormyOpposite:
Definition that contains worn
- ragged worn out from stress or strain
- derelict worn and broken down by hard use
- eroded worn away as by water or ice or wind
- weathered worn by exposure to the weather
- decrepit worn and broken down by hard use
- eared worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down
- armband worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
- frayed worn away or tattered along the edges
- scoured worn away as by water or ice or wind
- tattered worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing