battered

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury

   a battered child

2. 2
   adj

   damaged by blows or hard usage

   a battered old car

3. 3
   adj

   damaged especially by hard usage

   Our battered old hat was falling apart by the minute.

4. 4
   adj

   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.

5. 5
   adj

   Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

   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!

6. 6
   verb

   simple past and past participle of batter

7. 7
   adj

   Drunk; inebriated.

8. 8
   adj

   Coated with batter (noun).