raddled
adjective
[ ˈradld ]
• showing signs of age or fatigue.
• "she's beginning to look quite raddled"
Similar:
haggard,
gaunt,
hollow-eyed,
drawn,
with sunken cheeks,
pinched,
tired,
fatigued,
drained,
exhausted,
worn out,
washed out,
unwell,
unhealthy,
below/under par,
on one's last legs,
the worse for wear,
• coloured with or as if with raddle.
• "raddled sheep"
Origin:
raddled (sense 1 of the adjective) from raddle in the sense ‘rouge’, by association with its exaggerated use in make-up.
raddle
verb
• colour with reddle.
• "a device which holds a colour marking device on rams in lieu of raddling their breast wool with colour"
Origin:
early 16th century: related to red; compare with ruddle.
