Synonyms: careworn, worn, drawn, haggard, raddled
Definition: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Usage: looking careworn as she bent over her mending; her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness; that raddled but still noble face; shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens
Similar words: tired
Definition: depleted of strength or energy
Usage: tired mothers with crying babies; too tired to eat
Synonyms: worn
Definition: affected by wear; damaged by long use
Usage: worn threads on the screw; a worn suit; the worn pockets on the jacket
Similar words: aged
Definition: at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
Usage: aged rocks
Similar words: attrited
Definition: worn by rubbing or friction
Similar words: battered
Definition: damaged especially by hard usage
Usage: his battered old hat
Similar words: clapped out
Definition: worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)
Similar words: woebegone, run-down, decrepit, derelict, creaky, flea-bitten
Definition: worn and broken down by hard use
Usage: a creaky shack; a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape; a flea-bitten sofa; a run-down neighborhood; a woebegone old shack
Similar words: eared, dog-eared
Definition: worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down
Usage: a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down-Clifton Fadiman; an old book with dog-eared pages
Similar words: scoured, eroded
Definition: worn away as by water or ice or wind
Similar words: frayed
Definition: worn away or tattered along the edges
Usage: frayed cuffs
Definition: having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
Usage: a mangy carpet; a mangy old fur coat
Similar words: moth-eaten, mothy
Definition: worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
Usage: moth-eaten blankets
Similar words: played out
Definition: worn out
Usage: a played out deck of cards
Similar words: ragged
Definition: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
Usage: clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's; a ragged tramp
Similar words: raddled, worn-out
Definition: used until no longer useful
Usage: battered trumpets and raddled radios; worn-out shoes with flapping soles
Similar words: ratty, tatty, moth-eaten, shabby
Definition: showing signs of wear and tear
Usage: a ratty old overcoat; shabby furniture; an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
Definition: shabby and untidy
Usage: a surge of ragged scruffy children; he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin- Mark Twain
Similar words: shopsoiled, shopworn
Definition: worn or faded from being on display in a store
Usage: shopworn merchandise at half price
Similar words: tatterdemalion, tattered
Definition: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
Usage: a man in a tattered shirt; the tattered flag; tied up in tattered brown paper; a tattered barefoot boy; a tatterdemalion prince
Similar words: threadbare
Definition: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Usage: threadbare rugs
Similar words: thumbed
Definition: (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
Usage: well-thumbed pages of the dictionary
Similar words: worm-eaten, wormy, vermiculate
Definition: infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
Similar words: waterworn
Definition: (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water
Similar words: weather-beaten, weathered, weatherworn
Definition: worn by exposure to the weather
Usage: a house of weathered shingles
Similar words: well-worn
Definition: showing signs of much wear or use