careworn

[ kair-wawrn, -wohrn ]
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adjective
  1. showing signs of care or worry; fatigued by trouble or anxiety; haggard: a careworn old woman.

Origin of careworn

1
First recorded in 1820–30; care + worn

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How to use careworn in a sentence

  • A rather gaunt and careworn, but clean and honest-looking, elderly woman stood before them.

    Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for careworn

careworn

/ (ˈkɛəˌwɔːn) /


adjective
  1. showing signs of care, stress, worry, etc

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