careworn
Syllables: care·worn/ˈkɛːwɔːn/US/ˈkɛəɹˌwɔɹn/
careworn adjective: worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
Adjective
careworn (comparative more careworn, superlative most careworn)
- Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
- The weeks of working hard to look after his sick family left him looking careworn.
- At length the long-expected knock was heard. She hurried to the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was care-worn and depressed, though he was young. There was a remarkable expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 139
careworn meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
careworn in Urdu
- آشفتہ
careworn in Malayalam
- anxious, worried, harassed
- ദുഃഖംകൊണ്ടുവാടിയ, ദുഃഖപരവശമായ, മനോവിഷമമുള്ള, ചിന്താക്രാന്ത, മനോവ്യാധി കൊണ്ട് അസ്തശക്തനായ, ചിന്താകുലമായ
Examples of careworn in a sentence
- It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...
- I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 35:
Synonyms of careworn
Forms of careworn
| comparative | more careworn |
|---|---|
| superlative | most careworn |
| alternative form (archaic) | care-worn |
Origin of careworn
From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn.
Words formed from careworn
Questions about careworn
- What does careworn mean?
- Careworn means worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
- What is careworn in Urdu?
- Careworn in Urdu is آشفتہ. See Careworn meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use careworn in a sentence?
- It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
- What part of speech is careworn?
- Careworn is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce careworn?
- Careworn is pronounced /ˈkɛːwɔːn/ (UK).
Words near careworn in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: careworn (page history and authors); careworn (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); careworn (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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