careworn C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkɛrˌwɔrn/ UK /ˈkeəˌwɔːn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj showing the effects of worry and prolonged anxiety Her careworn face spoke of years of hardship. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · showing the effects of... haggardworrieddrawnwearytroubledharriedworn ↔ Opposites carefreeuntroubledrelaxed Word family Related forms care Etymology AI details A compound of care and worn. Care is from Old English caru ('sorrow, anxiety'); worn is the past participle of wear, from Old English werian. caru Old English werian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # careworn **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkɛrˌwɔrn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkeəˌwɔːn/ ## Meanings 1. showing the effects of worry and prolonged anxiety ## Examples - Her careworn face spoke of years of hardship. ## Synonyms - haggard - worried - drawn - weary - troubled - harried - worn ## Antonyms - carefree - untroubled - relaxed ## Related Forms - care ## Roots and Affixes - Root: caru - Root: werian ## Etymology A compound of care and worn. Care is from Old English caru ('sorrow, anxiety'); worn is the past participle of wear, from Old English werian. ## AI Etymology Careworn is a compound of care and worn. Care is from Old English caru ('sorrow, anxiety'); worn is the past participle of wear, from Old English werian. The historical trail runs through caru in Old English and werian in Old English. Morphologically, careworn is transparent: it is a compound of care and worn. Used as an adjective, careworn now means "showing the effects of worry and prolonged anxiety", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as care. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown