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outwore

verb

past tense of outwear
1
as in survived
to last longer than these running shoes have outworn any others that I have ever bought

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2
as in wore
to use up all the physical energy of a daily grind that would outwear anybody

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwore
  1. survived
  2. wore
  3. outlived
  4. killed
  5. tired
  6. exhausted
  7. drained
  8. burned out
Verb
  • Like Michael Myers at the end of Halloween, Amisha survived her various ballistic injuries culminating in a multistory fall to the ground.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The film was made by an entirely Palestinian production team which, producers say, survived an Israeli airstrike during the making of the movie.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of survived
Verb
  • Last year for her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry, Carpenter wore a dress Mackie originally designed for Ann-Margaret’s nightclub act in the 1970s.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Graham wore a black-and-white look paired with the summer’s most popular shoe style.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of wore
Verb
  • The AfD’s success shows the mounting tensions within Germany over whether that identity endures at the core of the new German state or has now outlived its usefulness.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Longevity helps; if Picasso hadn’t outlived his Blue Period and Guernica by a long stretch of years, he might be dinted today as indulgently moody.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlived
Verb
  • Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge's late-night decision a day before he was scheduled to die.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of killed
Verb
  • For the project Winter and her team tired coupling plasma with electrocatalysis.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Shelton’s serve had manacled him just enough; the first set’s effort had tired him just enough.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tired
Verb
  • This change responds to the numerous college athlete-plaintiffs who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility, but who seek to continue playing or return to competition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The film’s director, Florian Zeller, has perhaps exhausted the goodwill afforded to him after the Oscar-winning run for 2020’s The Father.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If numbers don’t lie…are Hollywood and the streaming platforms actually beginning to release the stale notion that middle-aged and older women are drained of their creative juices after menopause?
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • McNeil, who was backstage at the Winterland show, writes that tensions were so high, and the Sex Pistols so burned out, that Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious refused to take a photograph together for a Rolling Stone story.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Hunter Mahan walked away from the PGA Tour in 2021 and has been open about being completely burnt out on all things involved with the non-stop grind of professional golf.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of burned out
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“Outwore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwore. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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