batteredEnglishOxford American Thesaurusbattered adjective 1 a battered wife: beaten, assaulted, thrashed, hit, thumped; abused, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, victimized, downtrodden, tyrannized. 2 a battered blue van: damaged, shabby, run down, worn out, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, rickety, ramshackle, crumbling, decayed, antiquated, superannuated, the worse for wear, on its last legs; Australian, New Zealand, informal rumpty.