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destroyed

destroyed

4.3
Clothing that is torn or faded on purpose to look old
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈstrɔɪd/
translation icon : desgastado
  • Her jeans have a purposely destroyed look, with frayed edges and faded patches.

It's distressed, but it's not destroyed.

Examples

  • The artist prefers to wear destroyed clothing that reflects a vintage, worn style.

  • He bought a destroyed t-shirt that looked like it had been through years of use.

  • Like mine looks a little bit destroyed now and I'm going to put some of that.

  • We were one of several teams of people that were coming in to rebuild a house and in fact, the whole community that had been destroyed by the flood.

  • So the very first one of these I did, one of the Nansen bottles came up totally destroyed, crushed.

  • Since it's, you would think that the size of and should be the size of this set plus the size of this set since they're destroyed and they make up the set.

  • You know, so you'll have that and you'll have like destroyed drones that are going to Neil degrasse Tyson's house.

  • They are like destroyed Connor cutie Connor that we were going to get pizza with absolutely ripped to shreds.

Synonyms

tattered
vsdestroyed
1 4.5

In a very poor state after long use or damage

is made on purpose as a fashion effect
ruined
vsdestroyed
1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

is altered on purpose to look worn without being permanently unusable
shreddy
vsdestroyed
7.2

Cloth with loose torn threads and a ragged, worn look

is made on purpose as a fashion effect
raggy
vsdestroyed
4.2

Appears torn or worn, like old clothes with holes

is intentionally distressed for a clear vintage look
wrecked
vsdestroyed
4.0

Badly damaged after an accident or disaster

is intentionally distressed for style not caused by accidents

Antonyms

new
∞ 1.0

In original condition and never used before

pristine
63 5.1

Very clean and fresh, like new

How Worn

destroyed
4.3
worn
4 2.1
undamaged
12 2.4

Surface Forms

destroyed positive

Morphology

destroyed = destroy (semi-transparent) = destroy + ed

The fashion sense ('intentionally distressed') is metaphorically related to 'destroy' but represents a specialized, stylistic usage that may not be obvious to lower-level learners.

Etymology

Destroyed comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and struere 'to build', so it originally meant to 'unbuild' or pull something down. That's why in fashion destroyed clothes are made to look worn, torn, or 'ruined' on purpose, like something broken down for style.