battered | adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon. Syn. -- beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [ Narrower terms: buffeted; storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [ WordNet 1.5 ] 4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife. Syn. -- beaten. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |