battered
/ˈbætəɹd/ adjectif C1En français : usé
- Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
- Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
- Drunk; inebriated.
- Coated with batter (noun).
Dans la bibliothèque
Here they dropped the poor Woodman, who fell a great distance to the rocks, where he lay so battered and dented that he could neither move nor groan.
They traveled that day and part of the next until they came to the rocky plain where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent.
Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.
There can, I think, be no doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the royal Stuarts.’
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