timeworn

• Beschreibt etwas, das durch Alter oder Gebrauch abgenutzt und verbraucht ist, oft mit dem Nebenton von Altertümlichkeit oder Überholtheit.

Describes something that is old and worn by age or use, often implying a sense of antiquity or being out of date.

1. Overused or clichédC1formal

   Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, lacking freshness or originality.

   Abgedroschen

   • The movie relied on a timeworn plot that audiences have seen many times before.
   • His speech was full of timeworn phrases and lacked any new ideas.
   • The author's timeworn metaphors failed to engage the modern reader.

   Synonymebanalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatplatitudinousstalestereotypedthreadbaretiredtrite

   Antonymecreativefreshnewnoveloriginal

2. Worn or aged by timeC1formal

   Showing signs of age or long use; old and shabby.

   Vom Zahn der Zeit gezeichnet

   • The timeworn stones of the castle walls told stories of centuries past.
   • She sat on a timeworn wooden bench in the old garden.
   • The timeworn pages of the ancient book crumbled at the touch.

   Synonymeagedantiquatedbattereddecrepitdilapidatedoldshabbyweatheredwornworn-out

   Antonymecurrentfreshimmaculatemodernnewnovelpristineyouthful