worn

v.
Past participle of wear.

adj.

1. Affected by wear or use.
2. Impaired or damaged by wear or use: the worn pockets on a jacket.
3. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, care, worry, or suffering.

[Middle English, past participle of weren, to wear. See wear.]

adjective

Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness: careworn, drawn, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, wan. See tired/fresh.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Showing the effects of overwork or care or suffering.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. — John D. Rockefeller

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: affected by wear; damaged by long use
  Antonym: unworn (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  Synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brugt, slidt, anvendt, træt

idioms:

• well worn    slidt og opbrugt beklædning
• worn out    opslidt

Nederlands (Dutch)
(af)gedragen, versleten, uitgeput

Français (French)
adj. - usé, abîmé, lisse

idioms:

• well worn    bien usé
• worn out    complètement usé/abîmé, épuisé (personne)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - getragen, abgetragen, abgenutzt, erschöpft

idioms:

• well worn    abgetragen, abgenutzt, abgedroschen
• worn out    erschöpft, abgenutzt, verbraucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φθαρμένος, τριμμένος, φαγωμένος, φορεμένος, μεταχειρισμένος, (για έκφραση κ.λπ.) τετριμμένος, κοινότοπος

idioms:

• well worn    (μτφ.) κοινότοπος, τετριμμένος, φθαρμένος, φαγωμένος
• worn out    τριμμένος, φαγωμένος, ξεθεωμένος, εξαντλημένος, ξεπερασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
usato, logoro

idioms:

• worn out    consunto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gasto, cansado

idioms:

• well worn    bem gasto
• worn out    exausto, completamente gasto

Русский (Russian)
изношенный, потертый, старый, шаблонный, изнуренный

idioms:

• well worn    сильно изношенный, истасканный, носимый с достоинством
• worn out    изношенный, потертый, усталый, неоригинальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - raído, desgastado, gastado

idioms:

• well worn    gastado, trillado
• worn out    muy estropeado, agotado, rendido, gastado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sliten, nött

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
磨损的, 疲倦的

idioms:

• well worn    十分破旧的, 用得太多的
• worn out    不能再用的, 穿旧的, 磨破的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 磨損的, 疲倦的

idioms:

• well worn    十分破舊的, 用得太多的
• worn out    不能再用的, 穿舊的, 磨破的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 닳아 빠진, 야윈, 초췌한

idioms:

• well worn    써서 낡은, 진부한, (훈장 등이) 바르게 착용 된
• worn out    닳아 빠진, 기진맥진한, 진부한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 着古した, 使い古した, 疲れ果てた

idioms:

• worn out    疲れ切らす, 使い古す, 尽きさせる, 駄目になる, 尽きる
• worn to a shadow    骨と皮ばかりになって

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لبس, ملبوس, , البالي, رث, مرهق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שחוק, בלוי, עייף, לאה, בלה, סחוט‬

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