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worn-out

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːn.aʊt/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈwɔɹnˌaʊt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There is no challenge in fighting a worn-out old man.
  • He still wears his old worn-out shoes.
  • You can barely read the worn-out logo on those shoes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outworn, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, passé, past it, past one's prime, raddled, ragged, ravaged, rinky-dink, rough, shabby, stale, tired, unimproved, wasted, weakened, wrecked, wrecksome, worn, worn-out, worsened

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The worn-out soccer players lined up to congratulate the other team.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tired, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained, dog-tired, dog-weary, exhausted, fatigued, forfairn, forlagen, forworn, heavyeyed, jaded, languid, enervated, out of gas, played out, run-down, shattered, shot, sleepy, stuffed, washed out, weariful, weary, whacked, whipped, worn, worn out, banjaxed, beat, buggered, busted, dead tired, cream crackered, done, done in, done up, fagged out, fried, fucked, gassed, jiggered, Kerry Packered, knacked, knackered, nadgered, pooped, pooped out, pumped, shagged, shagged out, tuckered, tuckered out, wappened, zonked

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

used until no longer useful

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • battered trumpets and raddled radios
  • worn-out shoes with flapping soles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raddled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From worn (adjective; and past participle of wear) + out.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَالٍ (bālin) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Bulgarian: износен (iznosen) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Bulgarian: изхабен (izhaben) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Catalan: tronat — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Catalan: deteriorat — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Catalan: gastat — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Chickasaw: taha — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破舊 /破旧 (pòjiù) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破爛 /破烂 (pòlàn) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Czech: opotřebovaný — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Czech: obnošený — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Danish: udslidt — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Esperanto: eluzita — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • French: usé — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • German: abgenutzt — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Irish: seanchaite — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Italian: usurato — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Italian: consunto — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Italian: consumato — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Italian: logoro — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Japanese: 使い古した (tsukaifurushita) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Japanese: ぼろぼろ (boroboro) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Japanese: おんぼろ (onboro) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Kalmyk: элңкә (elñkä) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Kazakh: тозған (tozğan) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Latin: trītus — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Latin: dēfectus — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: taiwherū — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: nonewa — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: petapeta — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: ngawhingawhi — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: waitau — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Māori: ngawhewhe — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thīeh — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utslitt — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedslitt — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utsliten — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Polish: zużyty — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Polish: zniszczony — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Polish: wysłużony — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Portuguese: gasto — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Portuguese: desgastado — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Portuguese: puído — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Russian: изно́шенный (iznóšennyj) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Russian: обветша́лый (obvetšályj) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Russian: потёртый (potjórtyj) — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Spanish: desgastado — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Spanish: deteriorado — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Spanish: gastado — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Spanish: tronado — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Swedish: utsliten — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Swedish: uttjänad — damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful
  • Bulgarian: изтощен (iztošten) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Chickasaw: taha — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筋疲力盡 /筋疲力尽 (jīnpílìjìn) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Danish: udkørt — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Danish: færdig — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Danish: nedslidt — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Esperanto: elĉerpita — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • French: épuisé — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • French: claqué — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • French: crevé — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Galician: derreado — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Galician: escarallado — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • German: erschöpft — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • German: schlapp — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Irish: tuirseach traochta — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Italian: spossato — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Italian: stanco — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Italian: distrutto — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Italian: esausto — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Japanese: ぼろぼろ (boroboro) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Latin: effētus — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Māori: nonewa — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Māori: taiwherū — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Māori: wherū — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Māori: ngawhingawhi — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utslitt — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utkjørt — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedslitt — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utsliten — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Polish: zmęczony — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Polish: padnięty — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Polish: zużyty — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Polish: wyczerpany — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Portuguese: exausto — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Portuguese: moído — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Russian: изму́ченный (izmúčennyj) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Russian: изнурённый (iznurjónnyj) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Russian: истощённый (istoščónnyj) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Spanish: exhausto — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Spanish: agotado — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Spanish: hecho fosfatina — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Swedish: utmattad — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Ottoman Turkish: یورغون (yorgun) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion
  • Ukrainian: зму́чений (zmúčenyj) — of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion