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battered
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adj 1: damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car";
"the beaten-up old Ford" [syn: battered, beat-up,
beaten-up]
2: damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
3: exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and
emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman
syndrome"
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gathered
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adj 1: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [syn:
collected, gathered] [ant: uncollected,
ungathered]
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haggard
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adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men
and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small
pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim
concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry
Rider Haggard]
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laggard
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adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey]
n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who
lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
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placard
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n 1: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a
poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster,
posting, placard, notice, bill, card]
v 1: post in a public place
2: publicize or announce by placards [syn: placard, bill]
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scabbard
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n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
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scattered
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adj 1: occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular
intervals in time or space; "scattered showers";
"scattered villages"
2: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions";
"a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected
fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused,
disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled,
illogical, scattered, unconnected]
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shattered
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adj 1: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and
prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength";
"my torn and tattered past" [syn: shattered,
tattered]
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spattered
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adj 1: covered with bright patches (often used in combination);
"waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room";
"gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered
with grease" [syn: dabbled, spattered, splashed,
splattered]
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splattered
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adj 1: covered with bright patches (often used in combination);
"waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room";
"gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered
with grease" [syn: dabbled, spattered, splashed,
splattered]
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tapered
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adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering,
narrowing]
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tattered
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adj 1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a
man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up
in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a
tatterdemalion prince" [syn: tattered,
tatterdemalion]
2: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and
prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my
torn and tattered past" [syn: shattered, tattered]
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catered
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chattered
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clattered
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lacquered
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mattered
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pattered
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staggered
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attard
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