/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of battered Find synonyms for: Verb1. buffet, knock about, batter, strikeusage: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"2. clobber, baste, batter, beat, beat up, work overusage: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"3. dinge, batter, change shape, change form, deformusage: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"Adjective1. battered, beat-up, beaten-up, damaged (vs. undamaged)usage: damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"2. battered, worn (vs. new)usage: damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"3. battered, abused (vs. unabused), ill-treated, maltreated, mistreatedusage: exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: entomology Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language