worn

  • 131war-torn war-worn — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 132A Worn Path — (1940) by Eudora Welty is a short story that outlines an African American woman named Phoenix who is walking through the woods into town. On her way she encounters many deterrents, including a dog, heavy brush, and a man who tells her to go home …

    Wikipedia