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adjective

Definition of wornnext
as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness she was feeling very worn after a long day at work

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worn

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verb

past participle of wear
1
as in exhausted
to use up all the physical energy of the job of running their own business wears them sometimes

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2
as in eroded
to damage or diminish by continued friction all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly

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3
as in tolerated
British to put up with (something painful or difficult) her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worn
  1. tired
  2. exhausted
  3. eroded
  4. tolerated
  5. weary
  6. broken
  7. beaten
  8. harassed
Adjective
  • In Germany in the early 1930s, many people were tired of violence, uncertainty, and a failing economy and hoped that a strong leader would heed their concerns and come up with new and effective solutions to bring better and calmer days.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • People are tired of prescribed approaches to their work.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of tired
Verb
  • Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The players have since either transferred or exhausted their NCAA eligibility.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Yet the bill's bipartisan support eroded in recent days, with some Republican lawmakers voicing doubts due to its cost.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of eroded
Verb
  • For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
    Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Performative efforts from businesses will no longer be tolerated and walking the talk will become non-negotiable.
    Paul Klein, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of tolerated
Adjective
  • This is a technocratic view of art’s purpose, one that reduces art to a type of soma for late capitalism’s weary workers, Apple’s dream employees on an eighteen-hour shift and counting.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But rather than sporting a big smile and radiating festive cheer, Ferrell looked hilariously weary and unshaven, with an unlit cigarette dangling between his scowling lips.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of weary
Verb
  • At first it was sold at Macy’s department store in large sheets broken into smaller pieces, then in the 1940s, the company sold its own candy bar size in stores.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • If the piece was indeed destroyed, Warner may have broken the law.
    Andrew Travers, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of broken
Adjective
  • Fold in beaten eggs, pepper, and remaining ¼ teaspoon salt. 4.
    Laura Dave, People.com, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Three shallow bowls: one with flour, another with beaten egg, the third with breadcrumbs.
    Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Definition of beaten
Verb
  • Philadelphia’s defensive front, led by tackle Jalen Carter, harassed Daniels and Washington’s running backs in both meetings.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The new complaint is rooted in allegations that Tilda Santiago, a special education case manager for Ortiz from September 2022 through May 2023, bullied and harassed the high schooler for several months.
    Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of harassed
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