- diminished in value or usefulness through wear, use, handling, etc.: The car's front tires were very worn, with little tread left.
- showing a considerable level of use or wear: He read his speech from two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been folded and unfolded many times.
- wearied; exhausted: She looked worn but joyful as she held her newborn daughter.
- the past participle of wear.
- a combining form with the meaning “showing a specified level of use, deterioration, or consumption”: Before you toss that little-worn top, consider if it could be given a second life.
- a combining form with the meaning “showing wear, deterioration, or exhaustion from a specified cause”: The old bridges fit the landscape, maybe because they are as windworn and aged as the land around them.The knights were weary and battleworn when they returned to the castle.
- the past participle of wear 1
- affected, esp adversely, by long use or action
- haggard; drawn
- exhausted; spent
