Antonyms for worn
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wawrn, wohrn |
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrn, woʊrn |
Definition of worn
Origin :- c.1500, from adjectival use of past participle of wear (v.); from Old English geworen (see wear). Worn-out "exhausted by use" is attested from 1610s in reference to things, c.1700 in reference to persons.
- adj used
- There was a report that she had first worn it at her christening; the report originated with herself.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- But they were an old race, and they were worn out by centuries of hard work.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid.
- Extract from : « The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- She had changed the bedraggled frock for the green one she had worn the night before.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- He didn't see that she was perspiring, worn out by her struggle with the carpet.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- And, before the danger line had been crossed, he was worn to a shadow.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- If worn at one place and not at another, which of them is it?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She could not bear that hurt, rebellious, lonely look which they had worn.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- He drew a match along the arm of the chair where the varnish was worn off.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- This old serge is getting too hot and too worn for common decency.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
Synonyms for worn
- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
- depleted
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- dinged
- drained
- drawn
- effete
- exhausted
- fatigued
- frayed
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- overused
- overworked
- pegged out
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- totaled
- used up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrung out
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