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careworn

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care·worn  (kârwôrn, -wrn)
adj.
Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility: the parent's careworn face.
careworn
Adjective
showing signs of stress or worry
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Adj.1.careworncareworn - showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
drawn, haggard, raddled, worn
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
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As for the cardinal, who was lying on his bed with a weary and careworn face, his cards were held by the Comtesse de Soissons, and he watched them with an incessant look of interest and cupidity.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
With the exception of the aunt, beside whom sat only one elderly lady, who with her thin careworn face was rather out of place in this brilliant society, the whole company had settled into three groups.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Wanton avidity, bilious envy, careworn revenge, populace-pride: all these struck mine eye.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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