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careworn Definition

care·worn (ker′wôrn′)

adjective

worn out by, or showing the effects of, troubles and worry; haggard
careworn Synonyms

careworn

modif.

anxious, worn out, haggard, drawn; see sad 1, tired, troubled 1.

careworn Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • face: A pretty, young face recalls hers by contrast - a careworn face recalls it by association.
  • look: They are evident in the careworn look, the weary eye, the heavy step.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: My younger sister and I carried out several operations on him so he looked rather careworn.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: My younger sister and I carried out several operations on him so he looked rather careworn.
careworn Quotes

He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that hehasforgottentoshovethe cyanide in the consomme¤  , and the dinner-gong due any moment.

—Plum

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