Meanings
alternative misspelling worst for wear
- idiomaticIn poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so
2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBNSynonyms: broken-down, worn-out, deteriorated, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated
- idiomaticDrunk.
Synonyms: worse for liquor, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIn poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
adjectiveDrunk.
Translations
Dutch dronken
- dronkendrunk
French soûl
- soûldrunk
Polish zmęczony życiem
- zmęczony życiemdrunk
Portuguese acabado, com mau aspecto
- acabadoin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- com mau aspectoin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- em mau estadoin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- alegredrunk
- bêbadodrunk
- embriagadodrunk
Russian потрёпанный, видавший виды
- потрёпанный (potrjópannyj)in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- видавший виды (vidavšij vidy)in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- никакой (nikakoj)drunk
- совсем плохой (sovsem ploxoj)drunk
Swedish skamfilad, åtgången
- skamfiladin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- åtgångenin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- tilltygadin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- medfarenin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- slitenin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
- sjaskigin poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
Cite this entry
worse for wear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worse%20for%20wear
“worse for wear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worse%20for%20wear. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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