chewed up
Masticated beyond recognition
Chewed up describes something that has been damaged, mangled, or worn down as if by teeth.
Paper run through a faulty printer might come out chewed up; a dog's toy gets chewed up from use.
Figuratively, someone who looks chewed up appears exhausted or beaten down by circumstances.
If you chew someone up and spit them out, you use them harshly and discard them.
The machine chewed up three tapes before we got it fixed.
- gnawedChewed persistently
- crunchedChewed with noise
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- tornPulled into pieces
- dog-earedCorners folded from use
torn to shreds · bitten · dog food · grind · shredded · munched · ragged · nibbled · obliterated · pulverized · spit out · tattered · slobbery · spit it out · pulp · consumed · ravaged · crushed
chewed uppristine
Pure and untouched
intact · undamaged · mint condition · unblemished · whole
chewed upwhole
Full and undivided
unprocessed · unchewed · intact · undigested · unconsumed
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