The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

battered \battered\ 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 with heavy blows;
      as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower
      terms: buffeted; storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
      tempest-tost, tempest-swept]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
      [WordNet 1.5]

   4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
      battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.

   Syn: beaten.
        [WordNet 1.5]