adj
Meaning 1
Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
worn
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /wɔːn/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /wɔɹn/
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/wo(ː)ɹn/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/woən/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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homophone: warn (horse–hoarse merger)
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Worn out; exhausted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
past participle of wear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
affected by wear; damaged by long use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- worn threads on the screw
- a worn suit
- the worn pockets on the jacket
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: new
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering- Charles Dickens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: износен (iznosen) — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Estonian: väsinud — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Finnish: kulunut — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Galician: lampo — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Hungarian: elhasznált — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Hungarian: elnyűtt — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Hungarian: kopott — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Italian: logoro — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Latin: trītus — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: nguture — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: ruha — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: ruwha — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: tāwekoweko — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: waikauere — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Māori: pūnguru — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Piedmontese: usà — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Portuguese: gastado — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Portuguese: gasto — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Portuguese: surrado — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Spanish: desgastado — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Spanish: desgastada — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Swedish: sliten — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Turkish: aşınmış — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Turkish: yıpranmış — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Turkish: yalama — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Ukrainian: зно́шений (znóšenyj) — damaged and shabby from too much use
- Ukrainian: поно́шений (ponóšenyj) — damaged and shabby from too much use