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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
| Synonyms: | beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, dinged, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, overused, overworked, pegged out, pinched, played-out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, tired, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn-down, worn-out, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, use |
| Synonyms: | abrade, be worthless, become threadbare, become worn, chafe, consume, crumble, cut down, decay, decline, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, drain, dwindle, erode, exhaust, fade, fatigue, fray, gall, go to seed, graze, grind, impair, jade, overuse, overwork, rub, scrape, scrape off, scuff, shrink, tax, tire, use up, wash away, waste, wear out, wear thin, weary, weather |
| Notes: | ware is an item bought or a piece of pottery; wear is erosion; and where is a place |
| Antonyms: | freshen, rebuild, refresh |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, undermine |
| Synonyms: | annoy, drain, enervate, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, get the better of, harass, irk, pester, reduce, tax, vex, weaken, wear down, weary |
| Notes: | ware is an item bought or a piece of pottery; wear is erosion; and where is a place |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, please |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | be durable, bear up, hold up, last, remain, stand, stand up |
| Notes: | ware is an item bought or a piece of pottery; wear is erosion; and where is a place |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | worn/worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used, tired |
| Synonyms: | beat, burned out, bushed, busted, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it, haggard, jaded, kaput, knocked out, old, out of gas, overused, overworked, pinched, played out, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, the worse for wear, threadbare, timeworn, tired out, totaled, used up, useless, wearied, weary, well-worn, wiped out, worn down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | aged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
| Synonyms: | age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, been around, creaky, elderly, getting on, gray, moth-eaten, oldie, over the hill, passé, rusty, senescent, senior citizen, shot*, timeworn, venerable, worn, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | new, unripe, young, youthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confirmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habitual; rooted |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, settled, staid, valid, worn |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, infrequent, sporadic, uncommitted, unconfirmed, undecided |
| Main Entry: | crumbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle |
| Synonyms: | breakable, corroded, crisp, crunchy, decayed, degenerated, deteriorated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, oxidized, perishing, powdery, pulverizable, rotted, rotten, rusted, shivery, short, soft, worn |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, soft |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperable, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprofitable, useless, vanished, wearied, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working |
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