Usually means: Damaged by repeated physical force.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word battered:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. battered: Merriam-Webster
  2. battered, battered: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. battered: Collins English Dictionary
  4. battered: Vocabulary.com
  5. Battered, battered: Wordnik
  6. battered: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. battered: Wiktionary
  8. Battered, battered: Dictionary.com
  9. battered: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Battered (album), Battered (band), Battered (film), Battered: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Battered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. battered: Rhymezone
  13. battered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. battered: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. battered: FreeDictionary.org
  16. battered: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. battered: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. battered: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. battered: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. battered: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. battered: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. battered: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. battered: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. battered: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
▸ adjective:  Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
▸ adjective:  (informal) drunk; inebriated
▸ adjective:  (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).

Similar:
beat-up, worn, beaten, damaged, abused, beaten-up, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, weather-beaten, more...

Opposite:
battered up, battered down

Types:
tempura, beer battered, breaded, deep fried, crispy, crunchy, crisp, more...

Phrases:
battered women, battered woman, battered child, battered wife, battered spouse, more...

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Similar:
beat-up, worn, beaten, damaged, abused, beaten-up, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, weather-beaten, more...

Opposite:
battered up, battered down

Types:
tempura, beer battered, breaded, deep fried, crispy, crunchy, crisp, more...

Phrases:
battered women, battered woman, battered child, battered wife, battered spouse, battered husband, battered child syndrome, battered woman syndrome, battered wife syndrome, battered woman's syndrome, more...

Colors:
    gray,     brown,     black,     dark blue,     olive, more...



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