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careworn
adjective
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- AREWOR
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
“looking careworn as she bent over her mending”
In context
Example Sentences
looking careworn as she bent over her mending
her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
that raddled but still noble face
{'source': 'Charles Dickens', 'text': 'shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face'}
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