overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

careworn.

Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɛːwɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɛəɹˌwɔɹn/General-American
  1. Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.

    The weeks of working hard to look after his sick family left him looking careworn.
Where this word comes from

From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

careworn has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

careworn studiocareworn workshello, careworn

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.