weathered
- adjective
- /ˈwɛðərd/
- The group rushes after Jiri, who is standing outside a weathered wooden shack.
- a weathered face
- weathered soils
So 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
Damaged and showing signs of long use
Having a rough, worn look after being outdoors in sun or wind
Made rough and faded by being in the sun, rain and wind for a long time
A thing damaged and worn by storms
A thin, often greenish layer on metal that shows age
Worn away over time by wind, water or ice
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.