careworn
1
7.7
- adjective
- /ˈkɛrˌwɔrn/
:
cansado
- After many sleepless nights, her careworn appearance showed the strain of her worries.
- careworn face
- looked careworn
- more careworn
Examples
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In another booth, a careworn but striking woman sits with a little boy on her lap.
Fiction book (1997) -
Flying in for visits and crisis management, she doesn't look nearly careworn and frazzled enough.
Blog text (4) -
Jean's dressed well, but looks even more careworn than usual.
Fiction book (1996) -
The President, bowed in the window, is careworn, a thousand years old.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her face is prematurely careworn but attractive.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her face is careworn.
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The old stableman's face was gray and careworn, and he seemed older than Lucian remembered.
Fiction book (1995) -
He'd seen their worn-out winter coats and lean, careworn faces.
Fiction book (1996) -
Following this observation, the young man related the story of a careworn, anxious merchant weighed down by debt and constantly hounded by creditors.
Academic text (2005) -
This person, unlike the scientist in his initial interview with Wolfe, was no longer careworn and stooped from exhaustion and depression.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
23
3.5
To work too much and feel very tired or stressed
12
7.0
Looking very tired and pale from worry, illness, or lack of food
2
3.4
Too sleepy to relax or fall asleep
2
5.1
Feeling too much stress and unable to cope
2
2.8
Looking very tired because of too much work or worry
1
9.6
Looking very sad and worn out
A face that looks tired, pale, and worried
Looking worn and tired from long hard times
Very tired because of too much work or travel
Full of worry and sadness because of problems
Antonyms
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Careworn comes from care (meaning 'worry') plus worn, as in clothes that are 'worn out'. So a careworn person looks tired or 'worn down' because worry has worn them away.