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well-worn

well-worn adjective: showing signs of wear because of extensive use.

Adjective

well-worn (comparative more well-worn, superlative most well-worn)

  1. Showing signs of wear because of extensive use.
    • Well she's black as coal, but she burn like a fire,
      And she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire.1975, “Island Girl”, in Bernie Taupin (lyrics), Rock of the Westies, performed by Elton John
  2. (broadly) Trite or hackneyed; repeated too often.
    • The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history.2023 August 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Neither Comply Nor Resist

well-worn meaning in Tamil and Kannada

well-worn in Tamil

பட்டுத் தேய்ந்த

well-worn in Kannada

ಜೀರ್ಣವಾದ, ಸವೆದ, ಸವಕಳಿಯಾದ, ಚರ್ವಿತಚರ್ವಣವಾದ, ಹಳಸಲಾದ

Synonyms of well-worn

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Forms of well-worn

comparativemore well-worn
superlativemost well-worn

Questions about well-worn

What does well-worn mean?
Well-worn means showing signs of wear because of extensive use.
What is well-worn in Tamil?
Well-worn in Tamil is பட்டுத் தேய்ந்த. See Well-worn meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well-worn?
Well-worn is an adjective.

Words near well-worn in the dictionary

  1. well-wishers
  2. well-wishes
  3. well-wishing
  4. well-wishings
  5. well-wooded
  6. well-worn
  7. welladay
  8. welladays
  9. welladjusted
  10. wellah
  11. Welland

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-worn (page history and authors); well-worn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); well-worn (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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