battered

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbætəd/
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/ˈbætəd/ · /ˈbætəɹd/

Definition of battered

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of batter
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of batter

adj

  1. Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
    “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.”
  2. Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
    “While the defense lawyers have likened the condition to the post traumatic stress disorders afflicting war veterans and battered women, which have been used in other insanity defense cases, they have said that they know of no previous trials when a "black rage" defense has been raised.”
    “There's also a wooden seat running the full length of the building - ideal for stopping to watch the wildlife on the seashore without getting battered by the weather!”
  3. (informal)Drunk; inebriated.
  4. Coated with batter (noun).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From batter + -ed.

Anagrams of battered

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