Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worn, oppressed, or burdened with care; showing marks of care or anxiety: as, he was weary and care-worn; a care-worn countenance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Worn or burdened with care.
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- adjective
Showing thesigns of long-termstresses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Etymologies
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Examples
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“He does repent,” she said to herself, recalling the careworn face.
Red Pottage 2004
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"He does repent," she said to herself, recalling the careworn face.
Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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"You look --" began Constance -- but "careworn" was a risky term and she stopped.
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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Though the Head Boy of our year still looks cherubic, if a little careworn.
President Kaczyński burkesworks 2010
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One of them opened the door for Gideon, who entered a large conference room, where President Diggs was talking quietly to a plain but pleasant-faced man in his sixties with the jowly, careworn expression of a hound dog.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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One of them opened the door for Gideon, who entered a large conference room, where President Diggs was talking quietly to a plain but pleasant-faced man in his sixties with the jowly, careworn expression of a hound dog.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The one she had addressed as "daughter" was a careworn woman of forty, proprietress and waitress of the house.
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But Mr. Kubrick makes the coda work—with Mr. Krause's camera locking onto a host of careworn faces as beasts transform into men while listening to the girl's halting version of a sentimental ballad.
A Great Film's Sadly Timeless Message David Mermelstein 2011
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He stood there dazed and unheeding, his bonny brown hair rumpled down his forehead, his face haggard and careworn and boyish still.
SUICIDE 2010
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The next morning we found him dead in his bed, a peaceful smile upon his careworn face — asphyxiation.
The Minions of Midas 2010
bilby commented on the word careworn
"I looked up and noticed that the horse and rider had just passed the young woman. The rider was a tall man with distinguished features and a careworn face, bent into a frown by some musings that seemed to envelop him in thoughtful detachment."
- Jasper Fforde, 'The Eyre Affair'.
October 27, 2008
whichbe commented on the word careworn
My favorite of the Carebears.
October 28, 2008
dbekeny commented on the word careworn
PROFESSOR
Yes, there's -- there's a woman -- she's....
...she's wearing a polka-dot dress....
...her face is careworn.
June 9, 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word careworn
"This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of money-making mainstream filming while reaping kudos and acting awards in out-of-the-way projects." --bio of Patricia Clarkson for IMDb
July 5, 2021