worse for wear
Looking pretty rough
Worse for wear describes something or someone showing signs of damage, fatigue, or hard use.
Objects that are worse for wear look shabby or worn out.
People who are worse for wear appear tired, hungover, or battered by experience: He emerged from the bar looking considerably worse for wear.
The phrase often understates significant deterioration.
Damaged by repeated blows
- dentedHaving a surface depression
- scratchedMade shallow marks
- scuffedScratched through friction
- chippedBroken at edge
cracked · torn · tattered · frayed · worn · dinged · beat-up · scraped
battered
Damaged by repeated blows
chipped · cracked · torn · tattered · frayed · worn · dinged · beat-up · scraped · nicked
tired
Lacking energy, needing rest
worn-out · haggard · run-down · knackered · shattered · bushed · frazzled · depleted · beat · overtired
groggy
Weak and unsteady
wrecked · hungover · bleary-eyed · fuzzy · headachy · nauseous · dehydrated · green · ropey · fragile
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
- worn-outworn, shabby, tattered, threadbare, battered
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
worse for wearpristine
Pure and untouched
mint condition · good as new · immaculate · untouched · unblemished
worse for wearfresh as a daisy
Rested and energetic
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · well-rested · refreshed · in fine fettle · fit as a fiddle
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