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View synonyms for weatherworn

weatherworn

[ weth-er-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective



weatherworn

/ ˈwɛðəˌwɔːn /

adjective

  1. another word for weather-beaten
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of weatherworn1

First recorded in 1600–10; weather + worn
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Example Sentences

In Fort Lee, New Jersey, perched high above the Hudson River, is a white, slightly weatherworn building.

It would be difficult in that weatherworn hull to recognise the trim full-rigged ship that left the Hoogly many months before.

On their packs hung dusty, weatherworn canteens, a pick and shovel, and a rifle in its soiled and frayed scabbard.

A large diamond ring on his weatherworn and sinewy finger suggested that this jewelry was 36 probably only worn on occasions.

But this song came from neither of the weatherworn steersmen, nor from the stolid members of their half-breed crew.

Only the larger of the fallen trunks remain, and these are rotten except for a few seasoned and weatherworn shells.

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