Meanings
verb
- participlepastpast participle of shear
adjectiveshorn (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
- not comparableOf a person, having had a haircut.
This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]
1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shorn
pornborncornwornwarntornborneswornbournethornhorneunbornrebornmournscornmornadornforlornfreebornpeppercornWestbournelornmourneleghorn
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APA
shorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorn
MLA
“shorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shorn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorn.
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