Definition of worn Worn
/wɔˈɹn/ - [worn] - worn
We found 5 definitions of worn from 3 different sources.
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WordNet
Adjectiveworn, worner, wornest |
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| worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" | ||
| new unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job" | ||
| old of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century" | ||
| aged (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | ||
| attrited worn by rubbing or friction | ||
| battered exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome" | ||
| clapped out worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people) | ||
| flea-bitten, decrepit, run-down, woebegone, creaky, derelict lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" | ||
| dog-eared, eared worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman; "an old book with dog-eared pages" | ||
| eroded, scoured worn away as by water or ice or wind | ||
| frayed worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs" | ||
| mangey, mangy having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat" | ||
| mothy, moth-eaten infested with moths | ||
| played out worn out; "a played out deck of cards" | ||
| ragged having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line" | ||
| raddled, worn-out used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles" | ||
| shabby, tatty, moth-eaten, ratty mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment" | ||
| scruffy, seedy shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain | ||
| shopsoiled, shopworn worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price" | ||
| tatterdemalion, tattered worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" | ||
| threadbare having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs" | ||
| thumbed (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the dictionary" | ||
| worm-eaten, vermiculate, wormy infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms | ||
| waterworn (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water | ||
| weathered, weatherworn, weather-beaten tanned and coarsened from being outdoors; "a weather-beaten face" | ||
| worn - 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 | ||
| careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- worn (p. p.)
of Wear - worn
p. p. of Wear.
Part of speech
🔤- worn, verb, past participle of wear (infinitive).
