drawn

Definition

  • adjective: looking very thin and tired especially from worry, pain, or illness
  • adjective: showing the effects of tension, pain, or illness
  • past participle of 'draw'
  • synonyms: tired, closed, drawn battle

Examples

  • She 'was drawn in' by his friendly manner. [=she wanted to know and talk to him because he was friendly]

  • The principal's remarks have 'drawn fire' [=attracted angry criticism] from both parents and teachers.

  • ('Brit') The U.S. team have been 'drawn against' [=chosen to play against] Greece in the first round.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "I know that both Picasso and Hemingway are in love with me," - inexplicable...reason...the heart has, - Yes. Yes. "I am drawn by Gil." "Perhaps because he seems naïve and unassuming." "As always in this sad life," "he's about to marry a woman named Inez." "I had a dream where he came to me" (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) is there a difference in the beauty between two rhinoceroses? There is another woman? Adriana. Yes, and I'm... very drawn to her. I find her extremely alluring. The problem is that other men, great artists - geniuses - also find her alluring, and she finds them. (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris