weathered
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈwɛðərd/
- The group rushes after Jiri, who is standing outside a weathered wooden shack.
- a weathered face
- weathered soils
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Watch on YouTubeSo my hands are starting to look old and weathered, baby, and I don't like it.
- So my hands are starting to look old and weathered, baby, and I don't like it.
- There's beautiful illustrations, got these like faux weathered pages.
- And I realize as I'm looking down at him, he's, he's like a weathered child.
- And so if you have really, really dry skin and, and get aged and weathered skin, you want to get tallow or beef tallow.
- There's these mountains and there's high peaks weathered by no wind or rain, no snow to gleam it and Starlight.
- No, it's just there's this whole affect that comes off of them that it's it's already weathered.
Examples
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In the photograph, she sits on a weathered wooden chair, staring directly into the camera.
Fiction book (1991) -
The house was old and weathered, nearly paintless; the upstairs windows looked down blankly.
Fiction book (1998) -
Would he notice my weathered hands?
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So my hands are starting to look old and weathered, baby, and I don't like it.
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The doctor is in his early fifties and has a weathered, tired look to him.
Fiction book (1994) -
The farm was a series of ramshackle wood buildings, all a weathered gray tone.
Fiction book (1992) -
The woman stared hopefully into the ancient cowboy's weathered face.
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We can make out three figures casting long shadows across the weathered stone steps at the cathedral's entrance.
Fiction book (1998) -
The chiseled lines of his weathered face, reflected in the flickers of firelight, showed his unease.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old barn had a weathered appearance, showing signs of years of rain and sun.
Synonyms
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2.1
Damaged and showing signs of long use
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3.9
Worn away over time by wind, water or ice
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6.6
Having a rough, worn look after being outdoors in sun or wind
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7.2
Made rough and faded by being in the sun, rain and wind for a long time
1
7.4
A thing damaged and worn by storms
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8.7
A thin, often greenish layer on metal that shows age
Antonyms
How Weathered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word weathered comes from weather, an old word for wind, rain and sun, plus -ed, so it literally means 'worn by the weather'. That's why a weathered wall or face looks old and worn after a long time outside.