storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept
- storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept
- battered attered 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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storm-tossed — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑buffeted, ↑tempest tossed, ↑tempest tost, ↑tempest swept • Similar to: ↑troubled * * * stormˈ tossed adjective … Useful english dictionary
tempest-swept — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑buffeted, ↑storm tossed, ↑tempest tossed, ↑tempest tost • Similar to: ↑troubled … Useful english dictionary
tempest-tost — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑buffeted, ↑storm tossed, ↑tempest tossed, ↑tempest swept • Similar to: ↑troubled * * * adjective see tempest … Useful english dictionary
tempest-tossed — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑buffeted, ↑storm tossed, ↑tempest tost, ↑tempest swept • Similar to: ↑troubled … Useful english dictionary
battered — attered 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buffeted — battered attered 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buffeted — adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities • Syn: ↑storm tossed, ↑tempest tossed, ↑tempest tost, ↑tempest swept • Similar to: ↑troubled … Useful english dictionary
