Synonyms for worn
wɔrn, woʊrnworn

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1. worn

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. wornadjective

   affected by wear; damaged by long use

   "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

   Synonyms:
   haggard, raddled, careworn, drawn

   Antonyms:
   new, rested, unweathered

2. careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, wornadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   wasted, bony, haggard, careworn, skeletal, raddled, emaciated, worn-out, cadaverous, drawn, gaunt, pinched

   Antonyms:
   unweathered, new, rested

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1. wornadjective

   Synonyms:
   impaired (by use), wasted, consumed, decayed, worn out, used up, worn to a thread, worse for wear

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1. List of paraphrases for "worn":

   frayed, worn-out, brought, wear, spent, scope

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1. Yuen Kwok-yung:

   Thats the strongest result we showed here. Transmission can be reduced by 50 percentwhen surgical masks are used, especially when masks are worn by infected individuals.

2. Mindy Kaling:

   I just thought the whole time like, ‘I wish I had worn a sexier bra.’ Because it was like, you know, he works hard.

3. Caroline Leaf:

   As a result, the small changes that you make each month won't feel so intimidating, and you won't feel as worn out by achieving them.

4. Betsy Brantner Smith:

   From a national perspective, police departments aren't that unhappy about the release of body worn camera. There's always kind of a perception that's wrong, that police want to hide the body camera. And generally speaking, we want it out there as soon as possible, in an officer-involved shooting, releasing a body worn camera is going to help show what really happened.

5. James Dale Davidson:

   The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.