English Explanatory Dictionary

well-worn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showing signs of wear because of extensive use.
  2. Trite or hackneyed; repeated too often.

Word forms

well-worn more well-worn most well-worn

Synonyms

dog-eared threadbare worse for wear clapped out damaged defective deteriorated dilapidated effete faulty munted outworn passé past it past one's prime raddled ragged ravaged rinky-dink rough shabby stale tired unimproved wasted weakened wrecked wrecksome worn worn-out worsened clichéd overused played out banal bathetic bromidic cheesy commonplace corny hackneyed hoary overdone overworked pat shopworn timeworn trite warmed-over well-worn

Related words

mechanical erosion
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