worn shoes
Well-used walking companions
Worn shoes are footwear showing signs of extended use—scuffed leather, flattened soles, faded fabric.
The phrase describes shoes past their prime but often still serviceable: She couldn't afford to replace her worn shoes.
Worn shoes may suggest poverty, hard work, or simple attachment to comfortable favorites.
- scuffedScratched through friction
- batteredDamaged by repeated blows
- down at heelPoorly dressed, impoverished
- threadbareWorn until transparent
- solesBottom of footwear
heels · laces · cobbler · leather · creased · comfortable · comfort fit · broken-in · faded · patched · beloved · walked · miles · long road · dusty · muddy · tattered · frayed
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- brake problemsbrake fade, grinding noise, soft pedal, brake squeal, ABS light
- Damaged Thingsbroken glass, broken window, cracked screen, shattered glass, shattered mirror
- castoffsdiscards, rejects, throwaways, hand-me-downs, hand-me-down