Synonyms for worn
wɔrn, woʊrnworn

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1. worn

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. wornadjective

   affected by wear; damaged by long use

   "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

   Synonyms:
   haggard, raddled, careworn, drawn

   Antonyms:
   new, rested, unweathered

2. careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, wornadjective

   showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

   "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"- Charles Dickens

   Synonyms:
   wasted, bony, haggard, careworn, skeletal, raddled, emaciated, worn-out, cadaverous, drawn, gaunt, pinched

   Antonyms:
   unweathered, new, rested

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1. wornadjective

   Synonyms:
   impaired (by use), wasted, consumed, decayed, worn out, used up, worn to a thread, worse for wear

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1. List of paraphrases for "worn":

   frayed, worn-out, brought, wear, spent, scope

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1. Prince Harry:

   I ’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become, i’ve worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story – the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned – I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think.

2. Yuen Kwok-yung:

   In our hamster experiment, it shows very clearly that if infected hamsters or humans -- especially asymptomatic or symptomatic ones -- put on masks, they actually protect other people, thats the strongest result we showed here. Transmission can be reduced by 50 percentwhen surgical masks are used, especially when masks are worn by infected individuals.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

4. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo:

   This incident demonstrates the value of body worn cameras providing a different perspective of the same incident.

5. Tarah DeSousa:

   Upon learning of these positive tests, the school immediately contacted local public health officials, notified ACT, and we have informed all students and test monitors in attendance that day, as part of ACT's test center social distancing guidelines, students and monitors were asked to complete a series of COVID-19 symptom and travel screening questions, instructed to practice social distancing guidelines while on campus, and it was recommended that masks be worn by all.