Synonyms for timeworn


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tahym-wawrn, -wohrn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn


Définition of timeworn

  • adj worn-out
Example sentences :
  • Judging from what little I have seen, it appears to be ancient and timeworn.
  • Extract from : « The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Branch after branch is dropping from the timeworn, weatherbeaten trunk.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles
  • The birth of Lafayette is recorded in the yellow and timeworn parish register of Chaviniac.
  • Extract from : « Lafayette » by Martha Foote Crow
  • Besides the earnest agony of its words, there was a mute eloquence about that yellow, timeworn paper.
  • Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • Feeling certain of defeat at the polls, the partisans of the latter candidate resorted to the timeworn expedient of a revolt.
  • Extract from : « The Hispanic Nations of the New World » by William R. Shepherd
  • Feverishly they passed the timeworn phrase back and forth; it would have been ludicrous if it hadn't been so deadly serious.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • Near the park entrance is the almshouse, with its timeworn gables of yellow stone against the dull red of the tile roofing.
  • Extract from : « In Unfamiliar England » by Thomas Dowler Murphy
  • Mark dropped into the cool, fragrant depths of a timeworn leather chair.
  • Extract from : « The Time Mirror » by Clark South
  • It was an altar-tomb, broken and timeworn and almost covered with an accumulation of earth and moss and leaves.
  • Extract from : « Virginia: The Old Dominion » by Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
  • You seem to have inherited the timeworn theory that the War of 1914 was entirely provoked by the junker class of Germans.
  • Extract from : « The Great Prince Shan » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Antonyms for timeworn

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