Definitions
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Word origin
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.
Used in a sentence
“Upon this, an unhappy-looking woman, in a sort of mourning, neat, but sadly worn, hid her face behind a meagre bundle, and was heard to sob.”
“Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Used or tired”4 letters
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