Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
well-worn [wel-wawrn, -wohrn] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for well-worn on Thesaurus.com adjective
- showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.
- trite, hackneyed, or stale: a well-worn saying.
- fittingly or becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn reserve that never seems haughty.
Origin of well-worn First recorded in 1615–25 Related Words for well-worn hackneyed, tired, corny, threadbare, dull, shopworn, stale, musty, banal, tedious, trite, uninspired, mundane, monotonous, stodgy, humdrum, tiring, lifeless, stupid, stuffy Examples from the Web for well-worn Contemporary Examples of well-worn
I am carrying a well-worn satchel fashioned out of a recycled plastic tarp.
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He keeps the papal Mercedes parked in the Vatican garage and insists on tooling around Rome in well-worn 1984 Renault.
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Simple: not merely because it was wrong, but because it was wrong in such familiar-sounding and well-worn ways.
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He said this was a well-worn path of Kashmiri and Punjabi militants moving from one base to another.
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What’s more, Parent uses Kevin’s sexuality as an ingenious plot device that fits seamlessly within the well-worn Archie narrative.
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Historical Examples of well-worn
It had the well-worn look of an old coat, shabby but comfortable.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
As the well-worn phrase goes, I was a sadder if not a wiser man.
J. Sheridan LeFanu
It was a well-worn path that led from the cottage to Lyle Abbey.
Charles James Lever
Indeed, hardly had the latter glanced at the well-worn letter he held than he smiled.
Alan Douglas
Putting on his spectacles, he took out his well-worn Bible and opened it.
Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for well-worn well-worn adjective (well worn when postpositive)
- so much used as to be affected by weara well-worn coat
- used too often; hackneyeda well-worn phrase