What does care-worn mean?

care-worn

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

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"The penitent shower fell, as down he knelt / Before that care-worn sage, who trembling felt / About his large dark locks, and faultering spake: […]"
"She hurried to the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was care-worn and depressed, though he was young."
"Yet Cynthia herself seemed anxious and care-worn, though she would not speak of her anxieties to Molly."

more care-worn (comparative) most care-worn (superlative)

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