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Worn

//wɔːn// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.

    "Upon this, an unhappy-looking woman, in a sort of mourning, neat, but sadly worn, hid her face behind a meagre bundle, and was heard to sob."

  2. 2
    Worn out; exhausted.

    "Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering wordnet
  2. 2
    affected by wear; damaged by long use wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of wear form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

Etymology 2

By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

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