Synonyms for worn-out
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Worn — of a person or animal, exhausted or fatigued from exertion
worn, tired, exhausted, threadbare, run-down, fatigued, dead tired, washed-out, haggard, dog-tired, played out, dog-weary, spent, jaded, worse for wear, knackered UK IE, bleary, drained, beat US, beaten, gone, bushed
Definitions
- adj. 1
Damaged due to continued or hard exposure or use until no longer effective or useful.
He still wears his old worn-out shoes.
- adj. 2
Of a person or animal: exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
The worn-out soccer players lined up to congratulate the other team.
Related words
- Other spellings
- worn out
Example sentences
- tired I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
- worn I'm getting pretty worn out driving every morning.
- exhausted Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
- threadbare The towels seem new enough, if slightly threadbare.
- bare I saw my uncle kill a scorpion with his bare hand.
- ratty I felt out of place with my ratty pants and wrinkled shirt.
By length
- 3 letters
- old1
- 4 letters
- gone1, beat1, worn1, bare1
- 5 letters
- spent1, tired2, jaded2, ratty2, passe2
- 6 letters
- common2, beaten2, wasted2, shabby2, bleary2, effete2, bushed
- 7 letters
- drained1, haggard2, outworn, raddled
- 8 letters
- weakened2, fatigued2
- 9 letters
- exhausted3, knackered
- 10 letters
- threadbare2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tired2 = 2 syllables).