WORNOUT Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈwȯrn-ˈau̇t

Definition of worn-out

as in tired

depleted in strength, energy, or freshness worn-out tourists heading back to their hotel after a hard day of sightseeing

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as in tattered

worn or torn into or as if into rags used a worn-out T-shirt for dusting the furniture

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worn out

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verb

past participle of wear out

as in worn

to use up all the physical energy of keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out

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Recent Examples of worn-out

Adjective

Palestinians have long called for mobile homes and caravans to be allowed in to protect them against living in impractical and worn-out tents. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 How cancer starts Cells produce more cells to grow, replace older or worn-out cells or to repair damaged tissues. — Julie Phillippi, The Conversation, 21 July 2025

Verb

Old Age Sometimes, yellow monstera leaves are old and worn out. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026 The conditions could help them, given the pitches will be worn out and tired after the heatwave that has gripped the United Kingdom, but few Pakistani supporters will believe their team can win. — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worn-out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for worn-out

Adjective

Getting camera-ready Crawford never tired of redecorating her house throughout her 26 years there and had a long collaborative relationship with decorator William Haines.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
As such, the group designed this high-tech salve to revive tired skin on a cellular level, but also with a little mood boost.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of tired

Adjective

In her translation, where papyri were tattered or a word obscured, Carson indicates this by using brackets and white space.

— Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
For Brashares, letting go of her kids’ and husband’s old clothes always felt a little like throwing away more than tattered items.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tattered

Verb

The company’s first product was the Ruffle Power Pareo, which can be worn as a pareo or a skirt and remains one of their bestsellers.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of worn

Adjective

If a year in, the founder is still in every meeting and the new hire is the most exhausted person in the building, the company did not hire an operator.

— Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
That loaded the bases, and Christian Yelich then greeted an exhausted Yamamoto with a two-run single.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Adjective

Part of its purpose, from the beginning, was not only to deliver new facts but to interpret ragged events for a nervous audience of relatively prosperous, largely white viewers who shared Wallace’s concern about the shape and tenor of the future.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Our family teetered on the cusp of something ragged and broken.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of ragged

Adjective

From $4 gas and 7% mortgage rates to surging airfares, the Iran war is significantly raising the cost of living for inflation-weary consumers ahead of the midterm elections.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Popular at American Chinese or Cajun-style Chinese restaurants, the sticky-sweet chicken is the utter definition of delicious, luring weary shoppers into food courts to find refuge from the bubblegum pink sweatpants and ripped denim.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of weary

Adjective

At the denouement, Kember is completely alone, his flat, narcotized baritone dripping onto the faded guitar notes like melted mercury.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
The Fly Faster Tee uses heavyweight cotton jersey with a faded finish, while the Patch Tee receives a heavy enzyme wash.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

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