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battered

/ˈbætəɹd/adjective2 syllables

Battered means: exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury.

Synonyms for battered8

adjective, as in exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury

abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated

adjective, as in damaged by blows or hard usage

beat-up, beaten-up, damaged

adjective, as in damaged especially by hard usage

worn

What does battered mean?3

adjective

1

exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury“a battered child”

2

damaged by blows or hard usage“a battered old car”

3

damaged especially by hard usage“his battered old hat”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with battered?4

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Battered in a sentence

  • He had an old pickup truck and a big, battered mower.CM
  • We found only a battered watering can and nothing else.sundown
  • Yanni saw Skura many times bruised and battered from domestic abuse.Amastan
  • During the storm, the power went out and the rain battered the windows of the farmhouse.Eccles17
  • Breached and battered, the ruin stands in a grove of ilex on a very beautiful promontory.shekitten
  • After three drinks, he was already battered.sundown
  • The firemen battered down the door.CK
  • Layla moved into a battered-women's shelter.OsoHombre

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