dog-eared

1. 1.

   worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down

   “a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down”

   “an old book with dog-eared pages”

   Synonymseared

   Similarworn

Questions about dog-eared

What does dog-eared mean?

dog-eared means "worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down".

How many syllables are in dog-eared?

dog-eared has 3 syllables: do-g-ea-red. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for dog-eared?

Close synonyms include eared. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog-eared a common word?

dog-eared is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.