worn
adj.
frayed, ragged, used, deteriorated; tired, exhausted (Slang)
wear
v.
be dressed in (clothes, shoes, jewelry, glasses, etc.); lose quality gradually; be used up; end; be preserved, remain intact
worn
Adjective
1. affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
(antonym) unworn
(similar) aged
(see-also) old
2. 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
(synonym) careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled
(similar) tired
wear
Noun
1. impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"
(hypernym) deterioration, impairment
(derivation) break, wear out, bust, fall apart
2. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
(synonym) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
(hypernym) covering
(hyponym) accessory, accoutrement, accouterment
(derivation) bear
3. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"
(synonym) wearing
(hypernym) act, human action, human activity
(derivation) bear
Verb
1. be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
(synonym) have on
(entail) dress, get dressed
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
2. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
(synonym) bear
(hypernym) have, feature
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
3. have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"
(hypernym) have, feature
4. deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
(synonym) wear off, wear out, wear thin
(hypernym) deteriorate
(hyponym) ablate
5. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"
(hypernym) have, feature
6. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
(synonym) hold out, endure
(hypernym) last, endure
7. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
(synonym) break, wear out, bust, fall apart
(hypernym) decay, crumble, delapidate
(hyponym) fray, frazzle
(see-also) wear away, wear off
(verb-group) break, bust
8. exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(synonym) tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
(hypernym) indispose
(hyponym) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
(cause) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
9. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
(synonym) put on, get into, don, assume
(hypernym) dress, get dressed
(hyponym) hat
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
Worn
p. p. of Wear.
(p. p.)
of Wear
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Maachah
pressed down; worn; fastened
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
worn
Synonyms and related words:
abated, ablated, ablative, attenuated, ausgespielt, back-number, banal, bare, bated, belittled, bewhiskered, biodegradable, bromidic, burned-out, careworn, common, commonplace, consumed, contracted, corny, corrosive, crumbling, curtailed, cut-and-dried, debilitated, decomposable, decomposing, decreased, deep-worn, deflated, degradable, devitalized, dilapidated, diminished, disabled, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissipated, dog-eared, drained, drawn, drooping, droopy, dropped, dusty, effete, enervated, enfeebled, eroded, erosive, eviscerated, exhausted, fade, fagged, faint, fainting, fallen, familiar, fatigued, feeling faint, flagging, footsore, frazzled, fusty, gone to seed, good and tired, hackney, hackneyed, haggard, hand-me-down, hollow-eyed, incapacitated, jaded, languid, less, lesser, lower, lowered, mildewed, miniaturized, moldering, moldy, moss-grown, moth-eaten, musty, not new, old hat, pawed-over, pinched, platitudinous, played out, ravaged, ready to drop, reduced, resolvent, retrenched, ruined, ruinous, run ragged, run-down, rusty, sagging, sapped, scaled-down, secondhand, seedy, separative, sere, set, shelfworn, shopworn, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, solvent, spent, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, time-scarred, timeworn, tired, tired-eyed, tired-faced, tired-looking, tired-winged, toilworn, trite, truistic, unnew, unoriginal, unrefreshed, unrestored, used, used up, wan, warmed-over, wasted, watered-down, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-looking, weary-winged, weary-worn, well-known, well-worn, wilting, worn down, worn ragged, worn thin, worn to rags, worn to threads, worn-down, worn-out
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.