Unscramble worn

Definition of worn

adjective:

• affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw", "a worn suit", "the worn pockets on the jacket". Antonyms: new.
• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens; "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". Synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled.

verb:

• be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day". Synonyms: have on, wear.
• have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon", "bear a scar". Synonyms: bear, wear.
• have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile". Synonyms: wear.
• deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth". Synonyms: wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin.
• have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way". Synonyms: wear.
• last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years". Synonyms: endure, hold out, wear.
• go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke", "The gears wore out", "The old chair finally fell apart completely". Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out.
• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike". Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary. Antonyms: refresh.
• put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?", "He put on his best suit for the wedding", "The princess donned a long blue dress", "The queen assumed the stately robes", "He got into his jeans". Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on, wear.

Related words

ablate, beat, exhaust, fray, frazzle, hat, overfatigue, overtire, overweary, scarf, scuff, try, tucker.

Words nearby

born, corn, horn, morn, norn, porn, sworn, torn, warn, won, word, work, worm, wort.

Rhymes with

adorn, born, bourn, bourne, corn, firstborn, forewarn, forlorn, horn, horne, lowborn, morn, mourn, porn, reborn, scorn, shorn, stillborn, sworn, thorn.