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Antonyms for well-worn
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wel-wawrn, -wohrn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛlˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn |
- activated
- active
- bright
- creative
- current
- desirable
- different
- dissimilar
- energetic
- energized
- eventful
- exciting
- fascinating
- fresh
- imaginative
- important
- impressive
- intact
- intelligent
- interesting
- invigorated
- lively
- new
- original
- pertinent
- protected
- refreshed
- relevant
- rested
- restored
- saved
- smart
- uncommon
- unconventional
- underused
- unlike
- unused
- unusual
- unworn
Definition of well-worn
- As in stale : adj overused, out-of-date
- As in stereotyped : adj standard, conventional
- As in threadbare : adj trite, corny
- As in trite : adj silly, commonplace
- As in unimaginative : adj dull, predictable
- As in worn/worn-out : adj used, tired
- As in boring : adj uninteresting
- As in worn : adj used
- As in bromidic : adj trite
- As in overused : adj trite
- As in platitudinal : adj trite
- As in platitudinous : adj trite
- As in stereotypic : adj trite
- As in stereotypical : adj trite
- As in warmed-over : adj trite
- As in weariful : adj boring
- As in hackneyed : adj clichéd, tired
- It had the well-worn look of an old coat, shabby but comfortable.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- As the well-worn phrase goes, I was a sadder if not a wiser man.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- It was a well-worn path that led from the cottage to Lyle Abbey.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- Indeed, hardly had the latter glanced at the well-worn letter he held than he smiled.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- Putting on his spectacles, he took out his well-worn Bible and opened it.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- We have a well-worn saying that there is no disputing about it.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- I would not dwell on so well-worn an anecdote if I believed that it was false.
- Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
- He drew a well-worn letter from his pocket-book—the only letter he had ever had from Myra.
- Extract from : « The Mistress of Shenstone » by Florence L. Barclay
- Finally he produced a number of note books and well-worn diaries.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He was clad in a well-worn but neat black suit, which he wore with grace.
- Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for well-worn
- antiquated
- arid
- banal
- barren
- bathetic
- beat
- bent
- bomb
- bromidic
- bummer
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- chain
- characterless
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- clichéd
- cloying
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- consumed
- conventional
- cornball
- corny
- dead
- depleted
- derivative
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- dime a dozen
- dinged
- drab
- drag
- drained
- drawn
- drear
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- dull as dishwater
- dusty
- effete
- everyday
- exhausted
- familiar
- familiar tune
- fatigued
- flat
- frayed
- fusty
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- ho hum
- hokey
- humdrum
- imitative
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- jaded
- jejune
- kaput
- knocked out
- lifeless
- like a dinosaur
- mass-produced
- matter-of-fact
- mawkish
- mildewed
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- musty
- nothing
- nowhere
- obsolete
- old
- old hat
- old-chestnut
- old-hat
- old-saw
- ordinary
- out
- out of gas
- out-of-date
- outdated
- outmoded
- overused
- overworked
- pabulum
- passé
- past
- pedestrian
- pegged out
- pinched
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- played out
- played-out
- plebeian
- pooped
- poor
- prosaic
- quotidian
- ragged
- ready-made
- repetitious
- routine
- ruined
- run-of-the-mill
- set
- shabby
- shopworn
- shot
- spent
- spiritless
- square
- stale
- standardized
- stereotyped
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- stock
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tattered
- tedious
- the worse for wear
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- tiresome
- tiring
- totaled
- tripe
- trite
- uncreative
- unexciting
- unimaginative
- uninspired
- uninteresting
- unoriginal
- unromantic
- unvaried
- used up
- used-up
- useless
- usual
- vanilla
- vapid
- warmed-over
- wearied
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn
- worn down
- worn thin
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrung out
- yesterday's
- zero
- zestless
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