Synonyms for outworn
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : out-wawrn, -wohrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn |
Définition of outworn
Origin :- from out (adv.) + worn.
- verb outlast
- Say, friar; in my ear, now—Was that a hare you stewed, or an outworn sandal?
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
- Merely a little change in that outworn document, the Constitution.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
- Strange how we use phrases which have outworn their meaning!
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- The sleeping Roger represented things intolerable and outworn.
- Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- The ladder is an old and outworn metaphor in this connexion.
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- It was in accordance with all these outworn conventions that they conducted the daily round.
- Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
- A sleeve of the girl's frock was torn away, the outworn fabric in streamers.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- They're a failure as a sex and an outworn convention anyway.
- Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
- The old 54 age was outworn, and the new began to supersede it.
- Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
- So he prayed on till, outworn with passion, he slept at her feet.
- Extract from : « Half a Hundred Hero Tales » by Various
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