tempest-tossed

tempest-tossed
/tem"pist tawst", -tost"/, adj.
buffeted about, as by adversities.
Also, tempest-tost.
[1585-95]

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  • buffeted — battered attered adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon. Syn: beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble down, unsound. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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