affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" aged, attrited, creaky, dog-eared, eroded, frayed, mangy, moth-eaten, ragged, raddled, scruffy, shopworn, tattered, threadbare, thumbed, vermiculate, waterworn, weather-beaten, well-worn, battered, clapped out, played out showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young fa tired |