weather-beaten

American  

[weth-er-beet-n] / ˈwɛð ərˌbit n /

adjective

1. bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.

2. tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather.

   a weather-beaten face.

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weather-beaten British  

adjective

1. showing signs of exposure to the weather

2. tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather

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Etymology

Origin of weather-beaten

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

Each year the birds must stay on platforms of floating ice for long enough to replace weather-beaten feathers with new, waterproof coats.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

And ramshackle houses and fences hide behind thickets of weather-beaten manzanita and chapparal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 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 stopped in front of a weather-beaten maple-sugaring shack to refuel on sandwiches and fruit that we carried in our backpacks.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Presently I stood within that clean, bright kitchen—on the very hearth—trembling, sickening; conscious of an aspect in the last degree ghastly, wild, and weather-beaten.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë