timeworn
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn/
:
gastado
- During our walk, we discovered a timeworn statue that had been weathered by time.
- timeworn look
Examples
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He picks up the mask and turns it over in his hands, running his fingers across the timeworn wood.
Fiction book (1994) -
The timeworn book had frayed edges and yellowed pages, showing years of use.
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It is now old and timeworn.
Fiction book (1998) -
His gaze traced the timeworn stairs leading to the stage below.
Fiction book (1992) -
Opening her eyes and moving slowly, she went and stood near one of the walls of the monastery, resting her head against its timeworn stones.
Fiction book (1996) -
As someone said, politics is repetition: what's more, using individuals to represent wider trends is a timeworn classic that works.
Blog text (5) -
The past 30 years have clearly shown the necessity of departing from the timeworn conventional paths of international cooperation.
Academic text (1992) -
She sat at the crescent dais table, the Cygnet flying like a shadow through tarnished midnight stars on the vast, timeworn banner behind her.
Fiction book (1993) -
He has caused the gutting of this pond, the cementing of its retaining walls to simulate crags and timeworn crannies.
Fiction book (2002) -
Reexamining the timeworn metaphors and tropes surrounding two brothers in midcentury Harlem ultimately might permit a more intelligible conversation about these and other issues that now attend the hoarder's representation.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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1.0
A thing that has existed for a long time and is not new
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5.0
No longer useful or fashionable because it is old
32
8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
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5.3
Old and from a past time that people value, like clothes or furniture
Used so much that it looks old or no longer works well
Old and no longer useful or accepted today
Antonyms
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Timeworn comes from the simple parts time and worn, where worn means 'used' or 'showing wear'. So a timeworn object is like 'worn by time' and looks old or well used.