Antonyms for worn


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wawrn, wohrn
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrn, woʊrn


Definition of worn

Origin :
  • c.1500, from adjectival use of past participle of wear (v.); from Old English geworen (see wear). Worn-out "exhausted by use" is attested from 1610s in reference to things, c.1700 in reference to persons.
  • adj used
Example sentences :
  • There was a report that she had first worn it at her christening; the report originated with herself.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • But they were an old race, and they were worn out by centuries of hard work.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid.
  • Extract from : « The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She had changed the bedraggled frock for the green one she had worn the night before.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He didn't see that she was perspiring, worn out by her struggle with the carpet.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • And, before the danger line had been crossed, he was worn to a shadow.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If worn at one place and not at another, which of them is it?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She could not bear that hurt, rebellious, lonely look which they had worn.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He drew a match along the arm of the chair where the varnish was worn off.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • This old serge is getting too hot and too worn for common decency.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for worn

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