weatherworn

American  

[weth-er-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈwɛð ərˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

adjective

1. weather-beaten.

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weatherworn British  

/ ˈwɛðəˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. another word for weather-beaten

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Etymology

Origin of weatherworn

First recorded in 1600–10; weather + worn

Example Sentences

My grandmother’s shot house was frequented by men hardened by the weatherworn elements of time, those tiny particles of memory that refuse erasure.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

Explore remnants of an old railway turntable and foundations for what used to hold hotels, a powerhouse, an ore-processing plant and weatherworn, ancient-looking wood buildings in various stages of collapse.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Stretches of its avenues bear scars of Detroit’s dispossession: crumbling brickwork, weatherworn concrete, sun-bleached advertisements seized in time.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2022

Betsy and Andrew, who both grew up summering inshore nearby, shared an appreciation for Maine’s hardscrabble mid-coast working class, the same weatherworn fishermen and farm folk Andrew nearly obsessively depicted.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

He hardly needed to; it took a keen eye to see Harth rem ir Estraven in the thin weatherworn tramp.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin