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Definition of careworn
: showing the effect of grief or anxiety a careworn face
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He has a careworn face.
He looks tired and careworn.
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The renovated, expanded Woodland State Theatre is scheduled to open June 30, nearly three years after the project first was announced and seven years after the then-careworn 1937 Streamline Moderne movie house ended its original run.
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First Known Use of careworn
1790
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Definition of careworn for English Language Learners
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: looking sad, tired, or worried
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