worn-out

worn-out

(wôrn′out′)

adj.

1. Worn or used until no longer usable or effective.

2. Thoroughly exhausted; spent.

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worn-out

adj (worn out when postpositive)

1. worn or used until threadbare, valueless, or useless

2. exhausted; very weary

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worn′-out′

adj.

1. worn or used beyond repair.

2. depleted of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued.

[1585–95]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	worn-out - used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles" raddled worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	worn-out - drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, spent tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

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worn-out

adjective

1. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn.

2. Extremely tired:

bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down.

Informal: beat, bushed, tuckered (out).

Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).

Idioms: all in, ready to drop.

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Translations

worn-out

[ˈwɔːnˈaʊt] ADJ

1. [garment, furniture, tyre, component] → gastado

2. (= exhausted) [person] → rendido, agotado
we were worn out after the long walk → estábamos rendidos or agotados después de andar tanto

3. (fig) [argument, idea] → gastado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

worn-out

adj attr, worn out

adj pred

coat → abgetragen; carpet → abgetreten; (fig) phrase → abgedroschen

(= exhausted) person → erschöpft; horse → ausgemergelt

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worn-out

[ˌwɔːnˈaʊt] adj (thing) → consunto/a, logoro/a; (person) → sfinito/a

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