worn
adjective
1. affected by wear; damaged by long use
- worn threads on the screw
- a worn suit
- the worn pockets on the jacket
Similar word(s): old, aged, attrited, battered, creaky, decrepit, derelict, woebegone, eared, eroded, scoured, frayed, mangey, mangy, mothy, ragged, raddled, ratty, shabby, tatty, scruffy, seedy, shopsoiled, shopworn, tatterdemalion, tattered, threadbare, thumbed, vermiculate, wormy, waterworn, weathered, weatherworn
2. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- looking careworn as she bent over her mending
- shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face
verb
1. past participle of wear