worn en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /woːn/ Manchester
- /wɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /woːn/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /woɾn/ (Scotland)
- /woən/ (Eastern-New-England)
- /woɹn/ (General-American)
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Etymology
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.
Meanings
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Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
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.
1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVIII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:In Pisa, where [Galileo] was born, I climbed the worn steps of the tower that has been leaning southward almost from the day it was built in the 13th century.
1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 567:
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Worn out; exhausted.
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.
1889, The Wesley Naturalist, volume 2, page 143:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| worne | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most worn | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more worn | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (27)
it logoro (damaged and shabby from too much use) · es desgastado (damaged and shabby from too much use) · hu elhasznált (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi pūnguru (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi nguture (damaged and shabby from too much use) · bg износен (damaged and shabby from too much use) · uk зно́шений (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi ruha (damaged and shabby from too much use) · hu elnyűtt (damaged and shabby from too much use) · tr aşınmış (damaged and shabby from too much use) · gl lampo (damaged and shabby from too much use) · pt surrado (damaged and shabby from too much use) · tr yalama (damaged and shabby from too much use) · sv sliten (damaged and shabby from too much use) · es desgastada (damaged and shabby from too much use) · pms usà (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi waikauere (damaged and shabby from too much use) · pt gasto (damaged and shabby from too much use) · fi kulunut (damaged and shabby from too much use) · uk поно́шений (damaged and shabby from too much use) · tr yıpranmış (damaged and shabby from too much use) · hu kopott (damaged and shabby from too much use) · la trītus (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi ruwha (damaged and shabby from too much use) · et väsinud (damaged and shabby from too much use) · pt gastado (damaged and shabby from too much use) · mi tāwekoweko (damaged and shabby from too much use)