weather beaten

  • 121gnarled — /nald / (say nahld) adjective 1. (of trees) full of or covered with gnarls. 2. (of persons) a. having a rugged, weather beaten appearance. b. cross grained; perverse; cantankerous. Also, gnarly. {variant of knurled} …

  • 122Malaprop — /ˈmæləprɒp/ (say maluhprop) noun Mrs, the old weather beaten she dragon of Sheridan s The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words. {from malapropos} …

  • 123weatherworn — /ˈwɛðəwɔn/ (say wedhuhwawn) adjective weather beaten …

  • 124bleak — [adj1] barren austere, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, chilly, cleared, cold, deforested, desert, deserted, desolate, dreary, exposed, flat, gaunt, grim, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather beaten,… …

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  • 125decrepit — [adj] deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm,… …

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  • 126gnarled — [adj] knotted bent, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, out of shape, rough, rugged, tortured, twisted, weather beaten, wrinkled; concepts 485,486 Ant. straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted …

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  • 127rugged — [adj1] bumpy, weathered asperous, broken, coarse, craggy, difficult, furrowed, harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, roughhewn, scabrous, scraggy, stark, uneven, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined,… …

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  • 128weatherworn — [weth′ərwôrn΄] adj. WEATHER BEATEN …

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