Battered
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Beaten down or bruised; worn or impaired, as by beating or long service: as, a
battered
pavement;
battered
type; a
battered
jade.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
In deplorable condition.
adjective.
Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; ; antomyn of
unbattered
.
adjective.
Damaged especially by hard usage.
adjective.
beaten repeatedly; -- of people.
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verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of
batter
.
adjective.
Beaten up through a lot of use; in
rough
condition;
weathered
,
beat-up
.
adjective.
Beaten repeatedly or consistently;
beaten up
.
adjective.
Coated with
batter
.
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adjective.
damaged especially by hard usage
adjective.
exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
adjective.
damaged by blows or hard usage
Word Usage
"Most often they do not leave, and the violence continues; psychologists call it battered women's syndrome."
Equivalent
abused
damaged
ill-treated
maltreated
mistreated
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
flattered
mattered
pattered
scattered
shattered
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
beat-up
beaten-up
bedraggled
broken-down
dilapidated
verb-stem
batter