Worn

//wɔːn// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1
past participle of wear form-of, participle, past

Adjective

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
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
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering wordnet
2
affected by wear; damaged by long use wordnet

Synonyms

careworn played out threadbare shot abated ablated

Antonyms

Example

"The soles of my shoes are worn."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

body-worn body-worn camera nap-worn shelf-worn worn out worn-in worn-out

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