Careworn
['keəwɔːn] or ['kɛrwɔrn]
Definition
(adj.) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; 'looking careworn as she bent over her mending'; 'her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness'; 'that raddled but still noble face'; 'shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face'- Charles Dickens .
Edited by Griffith--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
Edited by Benson
Examples
- As he stood in the doorway, the poor old careworn wayworn woman burst into tears, and clasped her hands, as if in a very agony she prayed to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a tall, sallow man with a careworn head on which but little hair remained, a deeply lined face, and prominent eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was a tall, thin, careworn man, with a thin black beard that was touched with grey. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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