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worn
adjective
1 worn
Affected by wear; damaged by long use.
Roget 160:
weak,
feeble,
debile†;
impotent
etc.
158;
relaxed,
unnerved,
etc.
v.;
sapless,
strengthless†,
powerless;
weakly,
unstrung,
flaccid,
adynamic†,
asthenic†;
nervous.
soft,
effeminate,
feminate†,
womanly.
frail,
fragile,
shattery†;
flimsy,
unsubstantial,
insubstantial,
gimcrack,
gingerbread;
rickety,
creaky,
creaking,
cranky;
craichy†;
drooping,
tottering
etc.
v..
broken,
lame,
withered,
shattered,
shaken,
crazy,
shaky;
palsied
etc.
158;
decrepit.
languid,
poor,
infirm;
faint,
faintish†;
sickly
etc.
(disease)
655;
dull,
slack,
evanid†,
spent,
short-winded,
effete;
weather-beaten;
decayed,
rotten,
worn,
seedy,
languishing,
wasted,
washy,
laid low,
pulled down,
the worse for wear.
unstrengthened
etc.
159†,
unsupported,
unaided,
unassisted;
aidless†,
defenseless
etc.
158;
cantilevered
(support)
215.
on its last legs;
weak as a child,
weak as a baby,
weak as a chicken,
weak as a cat,
weak as a rat;
weak as water,
weak as water gruel,
weak as gingerbread,
weak as milk and water;
colorless
etc.
429.
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Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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2 worn
Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering:
— Looking careworn as she bent over her mending.
— Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face.
synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled.
Roget 688:
fatigued,
tired
etc.
v.;
weary
etc.
841;
drowsy
etc.
683;
drooping
etc.
v.;
haggard;
toilworn†,
wayworn:,
footsore,
surbated†,
weather-beaten;
faint;
done up,
used up,
knocked up;
bushed [U.S.];
exhausted,
prostrate,
spent;
overtired,
overspent,
overfatigued;
unrefreshed†,
unrestored.
worn,
worn out;
battered,
shattered,
pulled down,
seedy,
altered.
breathless,
windless;
short of breath,
out of breath,
short of wind;
blown,
puffing and blowing;
short-breathed;
anhelose†;
broken winded,
short-winded;
dyspnaeal†,
dyspnaeic†.
ready to drop,
all in,
more dead than alive,
dog-weary,
walked off one's legs,
tired to death,
on one's last legs,
played out,
hors de combat [Fr.].
fatiguing
etc.
v.;
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome;
weary,
trying.
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Moby thesaurus: abated, ablated, ablative, attenuated, ausgespielt, back-number, banal, bare, bated, belittled, bewhiskered, biodegradable, bromidic, burned-out, careworn, common, commonplace, consumed, contracted, corny, corrosive, crumbling, curtailed, cut-and-dried, debilitated, decomposable, decomposing, decreased, deep-worn, deflated, degradable, devitalized, dilapidated, diminished, disabled, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissipated, dog-eared, drained, drawn, drooping, droopy, dropped, dusty, effete, enervated, enfeebled, eroded, erosive, eviscerated, exhausted, fade, fagged, faint, fainting, fallen, familiar, fatigued, feeling faint, flagging, footsore, frazzled, fusty, gone to seed, good and tired, hackney, hackneyed, haggard, hand-me-down, hollow-eyed, incapacitated, jaded, languid, less, lesser, lower, lowered, mildewed, miniaturized, moldering, moldy, moss-grown, moth-eaten, musty, not new, old hat, pawed-over, pinched, platitudinous, played out, ravaged, ready to drop, reduced, resolvent, retrenched, ruined, ruinous, run ragged, run-down, rusty, sagging, sapped, scaled-down, secondhand, seedy, separative, sere, set, shelfworn, shopworn, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, solvent, spent, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, time-scarred, timeworn, tired, tired-eyed, tired-faced, tired-looking, tired-winged, toilworn, trite, truistic, unnew, unoriginal, unrefreshed, unrestored, used, used up, wan, warmed-over, wasted, watered-down, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-looking, weary-winged, weary-worn, well-known, well-worn, wilting, worn down, worn ragged, worn thin, worn to rags, worn to threads, worn-down, worn-out ... show more.
wear
noun
1 wear
2 wear
3 wear
The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment:
— She bought it for everyday wear.
synonym: wearing.
verb
1 wear
Be dressed in:
— She was wearing yellow that day.
synonym: have on.
Roget 677:
use,
make use of,
employ,
put to use;
put in action,
put in operation,
put in practice;
set in motion,
set to work.
ply,
work,
wield,
handle,
manipulate;
play,
play off;
exert,
exercise,
practice,
avail oneself of,
profit by,
resort to,
have recourse to,
recur to,
take betake oneself to;
take up with,
take advantage of;
lay one's hands on,
try.
render useful
etc.
644;
mold;
turn to account,
turn to use;
convert to use,
utilize;
work up;
call into play,
bring into play;
put into requisition;
call forth,
draw forth;
press into service,
enlist into the service;
bring to bear upon,
devote,
dedicate,
consecrate,
apply,
adhibit†,
dispose of;
make a handle of,
make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon,
make a shift with;
make the most of,
make the best of.
use up,
swallow up;
consume,
absorb,
expend;
tax,
task,
wear,
put to task.
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Roget 36:
decrease,
diminish,
lessen;
abridge
etc.
(shorten)
201;
shrink
etc.
(contract)
195;
drop off,
fall off,
tail off;
fall away,
waste,
wear;
wane,
ebb,
decline;
descend
etc.
306;
subside;
melt away,
die away;
retire into the shade,
hide its diminished head,
fall to a low ebb,
run low,
languish,
decay,
crumble.
bate,
abate,
dequantitate†;
discount;
depreciate;
extenuate,
lower,
weaken,
attenuate,
fritter away;
mitigate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
dwarf,
throw into the shade;
reduce
etc.
195;
shorten
etc.
201;
subtract
etc.
38.
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Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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2 wear
Have on one's person.
synonym: bear.
3 wear
Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality.
4 wear
5 wear
Have or show an appearance of.
6 wear
7 wear
8 wear
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary ... show more.
Dutch: afbeulen, afpeigeren, afsloven
9 wear
Put clothing on one's body:
— What should I wear today?.
synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on.
Roget 225:
invest;
cover
etc.
223;
envelope,
lap,
involve;
inwrap†,
enwrap;
wrap;
fold up,
wrap up,
lap up,
muffle up;
overlap;
sheath,
swathe,
swaddle,
roll up in,
circumvest.
vest,
clothe,
array,
dress,
dight†,
drape,
robe,
enrobe,
attire,
apparel,
accounter†,
rig,
fit out;
deck
etc.
(ornament)
847;
perk,
equip,
harness,
caparison.
wear;
don;
put on,
huddle on,
slip on;
mantle.
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Dutch: aandoen, uitdossen, opzetten, dragen
Moby thesaurus: abate, abide, ablate, ablation, about ship, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, act a part, affect, apparel, array, assume, atomization, attire, attrition, back and fill, bark, bate, be dressed in, be eaten away, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bedizenment, bide, box off, break, breakup, bring about, bring round, buffing, burn out, burnishing, cant, cant round, carry on, cast, cast about, chafe, chafing, change course, change the heading, clothes, clothing, come about, consume, consume away, continue, continue to be, corrode, corrosion, costume, counterfeit, crumble, crumbling, debilitate, decay, decline, decomposition, decrease, defeat time, defy time, degradation, deliquesce, deplete, depreciate, detrition, die away, dilapidation, diminish, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, dissipate, dissolution, dive, do a bit, do in, do up, double a point, drag on, drain, dramatize, drapery, dress, dressing, dribble away, drop, drop off, duds, dwell, dwindle, ebb, endure, enervate, erase, erasure, erode, erosion, exhaust, exist, extend, fag, fag out, fake, fall, fall away, fall off, fashion, fatigue, fatigues, feathers, feign, fetch about, fig, file, filing, flag, fray, frazzle, fret, fretting, gall, galling, garb, garments, gear, glut, gnaw, gnaw away, go about, go on, go on forever, grate, graze, grazing, grind, grinding, guise, gybe, habiliment, habit, harass, have on, heave round, histrionize, hold, hold on, hold out, incoherence, investiture, investment, irk, jade, jibe, jibe all standing, keep, keep on, knock out, knock up, languish, last, last long, last out, lessen, let up, limation, linen, live, live on, live through, maintain, make out like, melt away, miss stays, overact, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pall, perdure, perennate, persist, play, play a part, play a scene, playact, plummet, plunge, ply, polishing, poop, poop out, pretend, prevail, prostrate, put about, put back, put on, put on airs, rags, raiment, rasp, rasping, ravages of time, raze, remain, resolution, robes, round a point, rub away, rub off, rub out, rubbing away, run, run low, run on, sag, sandblasting, sanding, satiate, scour, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, sham, sheer, shift, shining, shrink, simulate, sink, skin, slew, smoothing, sport, sportswear, squander, stand, stay, stay on, style, subside, subsist, survive, sustain, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, tack, tail off, tarry, tatter, threads, throw about, tide over, tire, tire out, tire to death, togs, toilette, trim, turn, turn back, use, use up, veer, vestment, vesture, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear and tear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear on, wear out, wear ragged, wear ship, wear well, wearing apparel, wearing away, weary, weather, weathering, wilt, wind, yaw ... show more.
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