raddled

/ ˈrædəld /

adjective

1. (esp of a person) unkempt or run-down in appearance

Word History and Origins

Origin of raddled¹

C17: from raddle ²

Example Sentences

I used to walk past the raddled marquee of the shuttered Linda Lea Japanese Films theater on Main Street near skid row.

From Los Angeles Times

His raddled, agonised body has become the grotesque simulacrum of his existence.

From The Guardian

Her heartbreaking trust and naivety in his abilities and the power of literature itself causes Caine’s raddled old don to question himself and fall in love with her.

From The Guardian

But it’s not on our own account that we, the raddled middle-aged, deride Moix and his bogus body fascism.

From The Guardian

That time, she also had to look raddled, wrecked by life, desperate and unlovable, whereas this time, she only has to look pregnant.

From The Guardian