raddled
- adjective
- /ˈrædld/
- UK
:
desgastado
- Mrs. Gloriana returned with my iced tea—nothing for her—and sat in the middle of a raddled couch, facing me.
Examples
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A messy season, flu season, dirt-raddled snow drifted against the edges of things, mud thawing on the roads.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hitchhiker had this information encoded in his own lousy, drink-raddled body.
Fiction book (1998) -
After years of use, the old chair was left looking raddled and faded.
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The children played on the raddled sofa, its fabric torn and colors dull.
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His backpack was raddled, with fraying edges and a broken zipper from constant use.
Synonyms
23
4.7
Damaged and worn from being hit or used a lot
20
3.1
An object too old or damaged from heavy use to be useful
2
8.7
With corners bent or turned down from use
1
4.5
In a very poor state after long use or damage
1
5.1
Worn and damaged at the edges from long use
An object that is damaged and has many marks from rough use
Antonyms
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word raddled may come from the old word raddle meaning 'to mark with red', like a red stain on cloth or wood. So a raddled chair or guitar looks stained, battered, and in poor condition after long use.