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[ wel-wawrn, -wohrn ] / ˈwɛlˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR well-worn ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshowing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets. trite, hackneyed, or stale: a well-worn saying. fittingly or becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn reserve that never seems haughty. Origin of well-wornFirst recorded in 1615–25 Words nearby well-wornwell-used, well-versed, well-wisher, well-woman, well-wooded, well-worn, well-written, well-wrought, welly, welp, Wels Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for well-wornI am carrying a well-worn satchel fashioned out of a recycled plastic tarp. How to Guest Star in Your Own Life|Annabelle Gurwitch|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST He keeps the papal Mercedes parked in the Vatican garage and insists on tooling around Rome in well-worn 1984 Renault. Pope Francis Is Time’s Man of The Year|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Simple: not merely because it was wrong, but because it was wrong in such familiar-sounding and well-worn ways. The Case for Bombing Iran Shows Hawks Wrong All Over Again|Michael Tomasky|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST He said this was a well-worn path of Kashmiri and Punjabi militants moving from one base to another. Al Qaeda Commander Ilyas Kashmiri Killed in U.S. Predator Strike|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|June 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
What's more, Parent uses Kevin's sexuality as an ingenious plot device that fits seamlessly within the well-worn Archie narrative. Archie Comics Character Comes Out|Barbara Spindel|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST Yon downward and well-worn way leads sinful souls to the place of everlasting punishment. Folk-Lore and Legends|Anonymous The delicate hands, still unwrinkled, were folded, and lightly clasped a well-worn rosary. The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers "All of which has come to be a pretty old and well-worn story with us, McVickar," said the listener quietly. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush|Francis Lynde The room is old fashioned, furnished with well-worn mahogany and leather, and lined with tin boxes and estate plans. Justice (Second Series Plays)|John Galsworthy The bishop leaned back in his well-worn, leather chair almost with a sigh. Rejected of Men|Howard Pyle
British Dictionary definitions for well-worn
adjective (well worn when postpositive)so much used as to be affected by weara well-worn coat used too often; hackneyeda well-worn phrase Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to well-wornhackneyed, tired, corny, threadbare, dull, shopworn, stale, musty, banal, tedious, trite, uninspired, mundane, monotonous, stodgy, humdrum, tiring, lifeless, stupid, stuffy |