Word "WORN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Synonyms:
careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled
Examples:
looking careworn as she bent over her mending
shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
affected by wear; damaged by long use
Examples:
worn threads on the screw
a worn suit
the worn pockets on the jacket

Crossword Clues for WORN

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Shabby Commuter 25 Aug 2025
Shabby The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Jul 2025
Threadbare New York Times 21 Jul 2025
Frayed Eugene Sheffer 14 Jul 2025
Ratty-looking
Weather-beaten Wall Street Journal 07 Apr 2025
Threadbare New York Times 09 Mar 2025
Weather-beaten The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Mar 2025
Exhausted: -out
Like a favorite T-shirt that's showing its age
Damaged by use or wear
Like vintage clothing Universal 11 Feb 2025
--- out, extremely fatigued The Times Concise 20 Jan 2025
___ out, extremely fatigued
Damaged as a result of much use
This is assumed to give notice of danger, we hear (4)
Frayed Newsday 25 Dec 2024
Displayed the choice of women's skirts
Donned, is old-looking (4)
Well-used, and it shows
Bald (tyre) (4)
Warne sounds exhausted (4)
Assumed to be frayed? (4)
Ready for the rummage pile
Hackneyed description of what is assumed (4)
Tired, as non-Britpop fans might be of hearing about 5 Across The Telegraph Mini 28 Aug 2024
Frayed, perhaps, but still in use (4)
Lacking tread, as a tire Wall Street Journal 16 Jul 2024
Over-used, as a cloth
Spent beat
Threadbare argument upheld point
Damaged by use or rubbing (4)
Needing patching Newsday 06 Jun 2024
Very tired, slow or nervous in part (4)
Overused, like old shoes or a favorite shirt might be
Showing use
Used by a non-commissioned officer (naval) (4)
Like bald tires USA Today 31 Jan 2024
Tattered, say
Haggard Mirror Tea Time 18 Jan 2024
Showing the effects of much use
Tattered, as a shirt
Threadbare or haggard Puzzler Backwords 23 Dec 2023
__ out; exhausted Commuter 05 Dec 2023
Assumed choice of directions
Tattered USA Today 16 Nov 2023
___ out jeans (old)
Like bald tires LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2023
Shabby, but put on The Guardian Cryptic 03 Jul 2023
Needing a pants patch Newsday 22 May 2023
Threadbare LA Times Daily 15 May 2023
Exhausted, with "out" (rhymes with "born")
Frayed or tattered
Frayed and tired
Exhausted, with "out"
Frayed Eugene Sheffer 07 Nov 2022
Shabby The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2022
___ out (tired)
Shabby The Washington Post 12 May 2022
Shabby LA Times Daily 12 May 2022
Showing signs of use The Guardian Quick 29 Mar 2022
Threadbare; tired The Times Concise 17 Jan 2022
Frayed Eugene Sheffer 20 Nov 2021
Frayed or tattered
Frayed LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2021
Frayed The Washington Post 10 Oct 2021
Needing patching Newsday 22 Sep 2021
Tired New York Times 21 Aug 2021
Like the clothes you previously had on Family Time 25 Jul 2021
Showing signs of age LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2021
Showing signs of age The Washington Post 24 Jul 2021
Carried on one's service, without getting ahead
Weathered, say New York Times 18 Jun 2021
Frayed and tired
Frayed Thomas Joseph 11 Jan 2021
Frayed so? New York Times 06 Jan 2021
Threadbare The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2020
Threadbare New York Times 23 Nov 2020
Shabby Republican cuts present up
Starting to fray Newsday 17 May 2020
Showing signs of use Wall Street Journal 07 May 2020
__-out: exhausted The Washington Post 23 Mar 2020
__-out: exhausted LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2020
In need of patching LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2020
In need of patching The Washington Post 03 Mar 2020
Like clothing that needs to be replaced Family Time 02 Mar 2020
Well-used The Washington Post 21 Feb 2020
Well-used LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2020
Threadbare Wall Street Journal 01 Feb 2020
Dog-eared Newsday 29 Dec 2019
Frayed Newsday 22 Dec 2019
Frayed Premier Sunday 10 Nov 2019
Like old tires The Washington Post Sunday 10 Nov 2019
___ out (tired)
Frayed The Washington Post 11 Aug 2019
Frayed LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2019
Needing a patch USA Today 30 Jul 2019
__ out (needing to be replaced) Newsday 10 Jun 2019
Damaged as a result of much use
Frayed, as clothing New York Times 27 May 2019
Exhausted The New Yorker 20 May 2019
Showing signs of use USA Today 02 May 2019
Exhausted Jonesin 26 Mar 2019
Threadbare
Frayed
Needing a patch
Showing signs of use
Frayed, as clothing
Visibly well-used, like an old pair of shoes
Unlike new clothes The Washington Post 18 Jun 2018
Unlike new clothes LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2018
Slightly tattered
Threadbare LA Times Daily 11 Apr 2018
Threadbare The Washington Post 11 Apr 2018
Showing signs of overuse
Threadbare Premier Sunday 25 Feb 2018
Threadbare
Unlike new clothes
Tattered New York Times 19 Dec 2017
Frayed Family Time 06 Aug 2017
___ out jeans (old)
Tattered
Frayed Eugene Sheffer 20 Dec 2016
Bald, as tires Universal 20 Oct 2016
No longer new, as clothing Universal 12 Oct 2016
Corroded Newsday 01 Sep 2016
Past its prime LA Times Daily 17 Mar 2016
Showing signs of age New York Times 21 Feb 2016
In need of patching USA Today 18 Oct 2015
Shabby Newsday 05 Jun 2015
Threadbare
In need of patching
Threadbare
Weather-beaten
Shabby
Sported
Hardly new-looking
Frayed
Weathered
Tattered
Hardly new-looking
Threadbare
In need of a patch
Put on alert by the sound of it …
Hardly new-looking
Like secondhand clothing
Tattered
Tattered
Showing signs of use
No longer mint
Frazzled
Slightly tattered
Showing signs of use
Old-looking
Showing overuse
Starting to come apart
Needing patching
No longer mint
Like bald tires
Frayed
Threadbare
A bit beat-up
Bald, as tires
Frazzled
Frayed, say
Frayed
Spent
Tattered
Needing a patch
Dog-eared
Dog-eared
Sported
Threadbare
Eroded
Shabby from use
Tuckered (out)
Hardly new-looking
Frayed
Dog-eared
Showing the effects of overwork
Haggard
Had on
Shabby
In need of patching, e.g.
Threadbare
Frayed
Dog-eared
Weathered
Ready for patching
Secondhand
Threadbare
In need of rotation, possibly
Dog-eared
Slightly tattered
Threadbare
Needing a patch
Needing a patch
Put on
With 70-Across, tired
Needing patches
Threadbare
Needing patches
Haggard
Hackneyed
Fatigued
Hackneyed
Sported
Spent
Beat-up
Needing patches
In need of patching
Overworked
Damaged by use
Overworked
Frayed
Fatigued, with "out"
Secondhand
Used
Used
Secondhand
No longer new
Exhausted
Eroded
___ out (exhausted)
Exhausted
Like old tires
Shabby
Spent
On the person, as a garment.
Shop-___.
Spent.
Shabby.
Threadbare.
Exhausted.
Beat-up
Fatigued.
Impaired by use.
Secondhand.
Hackneyed.
Second-hand.
Wearied or exhausted.
The worse for wear.
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