"worse for wear" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-worse for wear.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} worse for wear
  1. (idiomatic) In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use. Tags: idiomatic Translations (in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use): acabado (Portuguese), com mau aspecto (Portuguese), em mau estado (Portuguese), потрёпанный (potrjópannyj) (Russian), видавший виды (vidavšij vidy) (Russian), skamfilad (Swedish), åtgången (Swedish), tilltygad (Swedish), medfaren (Swedish), sliten (Swedish), sjaskig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-worse_for_wear-en-adj-YlUm21lW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) Drunk. Tags: idiomatic Translations (drunk): dronken (Dutch), soûl (French), zmęczony życiem (Polish), alegre (Portuguese), bêbado (Portuguese), embriagado (Portuguese), никакой (nikakoj) (Russian), совсем плохой (sovsem ploxoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-worse_for_wear-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ Disambiguation of 'drunk': 0 100

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "drunk",
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