battered
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Damaged by repeated blows or hard use: Describes an object that is worn out, dented, or in poor condition due to rough treatment or long use.
- Physically or emotionally injured by repeated abuse: Describes a person who shows signs of having been subjected to ongoing physical violence or severe emotional mistreatment.
Examples of Usage
- Describing objects:
- He wore a battered old hat that had seen better days.
- They found the treasure in a battered wooden chest.
- Describing people:
- The shelter provides support for battered women.
- The social worker was trained to recognize the signs of a battered child.
Advanced Usage
- "battered and bruised": Often used together to emphasize both physical damage and injury.
- The battered and bruised fighter refused to give up.
- "battered syndrome": A clinical term for a pattern of injuries and psychological symptoms resulting from chronic abuse.
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with battered spouse syndrome.
Variants and Related Words
- Batter (verb): To hit repeatedly and violently.
- The waves batter the coastline during a storm.
- Battering (noun): An act of hitting repeatedly; a severe beating.
- The old door could not withstand the battering.
Synonyms
- Beaten-up: Damaged by repeated hitting or use (for objects).
- Abused: Treated cruelly or violently, especially repeatedly (for people).
- Worn-out: Extremely tired or damaged from long use.
Related Phrases
- Battered but not beaten: An idiom meaning physically damaged or weary but not defeated in spirit.
- The team was battered but not beaten and vowed to come back stronger.
Adjective
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- a battered child
- the battered woman syndrome
- damaged especially by hard usage
- his battered old hat
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- a battered old car
- the beaten-up old Ford