weather-beaten.

Roughened, faded, or damaged by long exposure to wind, rain, or sun.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a weather-beaten face
• a weather-beaten cottage

On the page

A weather-beaten sign still pointed toward the vanished ferry.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more weather-beaten; superlative most weather-beaten when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.