Synonyms for outworn


Grammar : Verb
Spell : out-wawrn, -wohrn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn


Définition of outworn

Origin :
  • from out (adv.) + worn.
  • verb outlast
Example sentences :
  • Say, friar; in my ear, now—Was that a hare you stewed, or an outworn sandal?
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Merely a little change in that outworn document, the Constitution.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • Strange how we use phrases which have outworn their meaning!
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
  • The sleeping Roger represented things intolerable and outworn.
  • Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The ladder is an old and outworn metaphor in this connexion.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • It was in accordance with all these outworn conventions that they conducted the daily round.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • A sleeve of the girl's frock was torn away, the outworn fabric in streamers.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • They're a failure as a sex and an outworn convention anyway.
  • Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
  • The old 54 age was outworn, and the new began to supersede it.
  • Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
  • So he prayed on till, outworn with passion, he slept at her feet.
  • Extract from : « Half a Hundred Hero Tales » by Various

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