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Careworn
[
kair
-wawrn
,
-wohrn
]
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care·worn
/
ˈkɛərˌwɔrn
,
-ˌwoʊrn
/
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[
kair
-wawrn
,
-wohrn
]
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adjective
showing signs of
care
or worry; fatigued by trouble or anxiety; haggard:
a careworn old woman.
Origin:
1820–30;
care
+
worn
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careworn
(ˈkɛəˌwɔːn)
—
adj
showing signs of care, stress, worry, etc
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2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
careworn
1828, from
care
+
worn
.
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