worn
verb
[ wɔːn ]
• past participle of wear1.
worn
adjective
• damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
• "his knees were encased in worn plus fours"
Similar:
shabby,
well worn,
worn out,
worn to shreds,
threadbare,
tattered,
in tatters,
in ribbons,
in rags,
in holes,
holey,
falling to pieces,
falling apart at the seams,
ragged,
frayed,
patched,
moth-eaten,
faded,
seedy,
shoddy,
sorry,
scruffy,
dilapidated,
crumbling,
broken-down,
run down,
tumbledown,
decrepit,
deteriorated,
on its last legs,
having seen better days,
time-worn,
tatty,
ratty,
the worse for wear,
clapped out,
grotty,
raggedy,
raggedy-ass,
warby,
rent,
• very tired.
• "his face looked worn and old"
Similar:
strained,
drawn,
drained,
worn out,
fatigued,
tired,
tired out,
exhausted,
weary,
wearied,
wan,
sapped,
spent,
careworn,
haggard,
hollow-cheeked,
hollow-eyed,
gaunt,
pinched,
pale,
peaky,
pasty-faced,
washed out,
ashen,
blanched,
worn to a frazzle,
all in,
done in,
dog-tired,
dead on one's feet,
dead beat,
fit to drop,
played out,
fagged out,
shattered,
bushed,
knackered,
whacked,
pooped,
tuckered out,
wear
verb
• have (something) on one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection.
• "he was wearing a dark suit"
Similar:
be dressed in,
be clothed in,
have on,
sport,
dress in,
clothe oneself in,
put on,
don,
• damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use.
• "the track has been worn down in part to bare rock"
Similar:
erode,
abrade,
scour,
scratch,
scrape,
rasp,
rub away,
rub down,
grind away,
fret,
waste away,
wash away,
crumble (away),
wear down,
corrode,
eat away (at),
gnaw away (at),
dissolve,
bite into,
• pass (a period of time) in some activity.
• "spinning long stories, wearing half the day"
• tolerate; accept.
• "the environmental health people wouldn't wear it"
Similar:
allow,
permit,
authorize,
sanction,
condone,
indulge,
agree to,
accede to,
approve of,
endure,
put up with,
bear,
take,
stand,
support,
submit to,
undergo,
accept,
swallow,
tolerate,
brook,
countenance,
admit of,
thole,
stick,
hack,
abide,
stomach,
be doing with,
suffer,
Origin:
Old English werian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vestis ‘clothing’.
