weather-beaten
Americanadjective
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bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
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tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather.
a weather-beaten face.
adjective
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showing signs of exposure to the weather
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tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather
Etymology
Origin of weather-beaten
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Similarly, Woody, who rode off into the sunset in the last entry and here returns with a weather-beaten bald spot, gets treated like a human grandpa shrunk down to doll-size.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
After being displaced from their homeland, Silvia and her mother move into the Morningside, a weather-beaten luxury apartment building in “Island City,” a sinking version of New York in the middle of all-out climate collapse.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
There was still a “For Sale” sign posted on a weather-beaten and leafless tree that resembled a scarecrow warning people to stay away.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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