worse for wear

Idioms and Phrases

Also, the worse for the wear . In poor physical condition owing to long use; also, drunk. For example, This television set is really worse for the wear; we'll have to replace it , or He'd better not drive home; he's definitely the worse for the wear . [c. a.d. 1000] For an antonym, see none the worse for .

Related Words

• crummy
• decaying
• decrepit
• desolate
• dilapidated
• dingy
• pitiful
• ramshackle
• ratty
• rickety
• run down
• scruffy
• seedy
• shoddy
• squalid
• tacky
• tattered
• threadbare
• worn