careworn
care·worn [ ˈker-ˌwȯrn]
: showing the effect of grief or anxiety
//a careworn face
Recent Examples on the Web
//And tired eyes grow bright again, And careworn faces smile;
And dreams are sweet and moments fleet,
And hearts are free from guile.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: L. Frank Baum at Coronado," 16 June 2019
//Most startling is the president’s face, which — in contrast to his youthful, slim body — looks careworn and grim.
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Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, "Michelle Obama’s Mount Rushmore Moment," 14 Feb. 2018
//Pallid and careworn, this woman is easy to overlook.
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Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com, "'Ironbound' at the Geffen Playhouse: An immigrant's portrait, painted with piercing realism," 9 Feb. 2018
//The renovated, expanded Woodland State Theatre is scheduled to open June 30, nearly three years after the project first was announced and seven years after the then-careworn 1937 Streamline Moderne movie house ended its original run.
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Carla Meyer, sacbee.com, "Historic local movie theater to reopen with electric recliners, beer and wine," 8 June 2017
First Known Use of careworn
1790, in the meaning defined above
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