English > worn: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | affected by wear; damaged by long use. |
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| Examples | - "worn threads on the screw"
- "a worn suit"
- "the worn pockets on the jacket"
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| Narrower | aged | At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) |
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| attrited | Worn by rubbing or friction |
| battered | Damaged especially by hard usage |
| clapped out | Worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people) |
| creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone | Worn and broken down by hard use |
| dog-eared, eared | Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down |
| eroded, scoured | worn away as by water or ice or wind |
| frayed | worn away or tattered along the edges |
| mangy, mangey | Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap |
| moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty | showing signs of wear and tear |
| moth-eaten, mothy | worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths |
| played out | worn out |
| raddled, worn-out | Used until no longer useful |
| ragged | Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn |
| scruffy, seedy | shabby and untidy |
| shopworn, shopsoiled | Worn or faded from being on display in a store |
| tattered, tatterdemalion | Worn to shreds |
| threadbare | Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through |
| thumbed | (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning |
| vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy | infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms |
| waterworn | (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water |
| weather-beaten, weatherworn, weathered | Worn by exposure to the weather |
| well-worn | showing signs of much wear or use |
| See also | old | Of long duration |
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| Opposite | new | Unaffected by use or exposure |
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| Spanish | gastado |
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