What is the meaning of careworn?

adjective

  • Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering."looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens
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