careworn
Showing prolonged worry
Careworn describes a face or appearance showing the effects of prolonged worry, stress, or hardship.
The word suggests visible weariness—lines deepened by anxiety, a tired expression from carrying burdens too long: Her careworn face softened when she saw her children.
It's somewhat literary, often appearing in descriptions of people who have endured difficult circumstances.
Exhausted in appearance
- gauntLean from deprivation
- drawnRendered in lines
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- linedMarked with parallel marks
furrowed · hollow-eyed · pinched · weathered · aged · wizened · sunken · pallid
Deeply tired, spent
- worn-outDepleted through overuse
- fatiguedDrained of energy
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- drainedEmptied of resources
spent · overworked · haggard · drawn · frazzled · world-weary · burdened · strained
Troubled by uncertainty
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
distressed · overwrought · preoccupied · beset · harried · vexed · tormented · afflicted
haggard
Exhausted in appearance
lined · furrowed · hollow-eyed · pinched · weathered · aged · wizened · sunken · pallid · sallow
weary
Deeply tired, spent
drained · spent · overworked · haggard · drawn · frazzled · world-weary · burdened · strained · taxed
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
fretful · distressed · overwrought · preoccupied · beset · harried · vexed · tormented · afflicted · anguished
- aging signswrinkles, fine lines, wrinkled skin, gray hair, frown lines
- age descriptorsaged, elderly, old, young, youthful
- burdenedburdened, laden, loaded, weighed down, overburdened
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- weatheredweathered, worn, battered, faded, eroded
careworncarefree
Free from anxiety
unburdened · untroubled · lighthearted · worry-free · unbothered
carewornfresh-faced
Youthfully wholesome in appearance
rested · bright-eyed · well-rested · youthful · vibrant
care, caring, careless, carefree, carefully, caretaker, carelessly, carelessness, carefulness