Adjective

(en adjective)

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.

*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)

, title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered -looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

(label) Coated with batter.

Adjective

(en adjective)

physically broken into pieces

*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=30 citation , passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}

emotionally defeated or dispirited

* 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221

Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered', and ' shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.

* 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26

She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered . He sent his apologies.

* 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261

Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.