| damaged | adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [ Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten ] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [ Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated ] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound.
Syn. -- broken. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn. -- discredited. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn. -- besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
