🪟 Closed or shut 😟 Tired or worried

drawn

4.9

A face that looks tired, pale, and worried

adjective
/drɔn/

: demacrado

After weeks of sleepless nights, she appeared drawn and exhausted at work.

But when it starts to look drawn and thin and haggard, I'll have gone too far.

Examples

His drawn expression revealed the stress of the past few months.
But when it starts to look drawn and thin and haggard, I'll have gone too far.

Wayne Goss
The actor's drawn face in the film conveyed his character's struggles.

Synonyms

haggard

vsdrawn

12 7.0

Looking very tired and pale from worry, illness, or lack of food

is tired or worried but less extreme in exhaustion

pallid

vsdrawn

3 7.5

Having a very pale face because of illness, shock, or deep worry

also shows worry and tension, not just paleness from health

worn

vsdrawn

2 2.8

Looking very tired because of too much work or worry

is tired or worried but may lack obvious hardship marks

hollow-eyed

vsdrawn

1 7.7

Deep sunken eyes that make a person look very tired or ill

affects the whole face, not only the eye area

careworn

vsdrawn

1 7.7

Having a tired, worried face after a long time of worry or too much work

is tired from many causes, not only long worry or work

pale-faced

vsdrawn

1 4.9

A person with a very pale face because of illness or fear

includes both pale color and visible stress or tension signs

dough-faced

vsdrawn

1 9.8

A pale, tired face that looks weak

suggests worry and tension rather than just dullness or paleness

wan

vsdrawn

7.4

Pale in the face and looking sick or unhappy

is pale or worried but not necessarily ill or sickly

raddled

vsdrawn

9.9

Looking worn and tired from long hard times

is more about pallor and tension than messy, disordered appearance

Antonyms

vibrant

81 4.1

Full of energy and activity that makes people feel excited

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

Idioms

at daggers drawn

7.9

In open, serious conflict with someone

line drawn on water

Informal

9.9

A plan or promise that looks real but is weak and will not last

Compounds

horse-drawn

14 3.4

Horses pull a vehicle instead of a motor

drawn butter

1 6.3

Melted butter with the solid parts of milk removed that is used as a sauce for seafood

horse-drawn vehicle

1 3.8

A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods

How Tired

gaunt

9 7.3

haggard

11 6.8

drawn

4.9

wan

7.4

pale

291 1.0

Surface Forms

drawn positive

Morphology

drawn = draw (semi-transparent) = draw + n

The adjectival meaning 'looking tense or pale' is a figurative extension of 'pulled' (features appearing drawn), so the relation to 'draw' is recognisable but metaphorical.

Etymology

Drawn comes from the same verb draw, meaning 'to pull', and you can imagine a person's face as if its skin and muscles are 'pulled' tight; that's why a drawn face looks pale, tired, or worried.