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raddled

British  
/ ˈrædəld /

adjective

  1. (esp of a person) unkempt or run-down in appearance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of raddled

C17: from raddle ²

Example Sentences

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I used to walk past the raddled marquee of the shuttered Linda Lea Japanese Films theater on Main Street near skid row.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2021

And it’s true that the film makes her look like Barbara Cartland on a raddled day.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2015

The whimsy can become a overpowering, though the neurotic monologues have the sense of being written with fingernails bitten to the quick: "I am a little worn out, raddled, squashed, downtrodden, shot full of holes."

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2013

She was a little grotesque, a raddled caricature of a fading beauty.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2011

Guenever had lost her raddled look, and sat accepting the clothes which were recommended for her, without fuss.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White