careworn
Adjective Satellite
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens
- "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"
Adj
- Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
Adjective
- Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or prolonged suffering.
Examples
- After three hours of intense Scrabble, the player looked CAREWORN but victorious.
- The weeks of working hard to look after his sick family left him looking careworn.
Origin / Etymology
From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn.
Scrabble Score: 13
careworn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcareworn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
careworn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
careworn: valid Words With Friends Word