BEAT-UP Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in to work (over)

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adjective

ˈbēt-ˌəp

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school

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In general, Cunningham was not someone who took himself too seriously, driving to performances for many years in a beat-up Subaru that had to be started with a screwdriver by the end of its life. —

Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Malott’s grandfather had always kept a beat-up old oak bi-folding table behind the counter. —

Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Mar. 2026 And the other Kennedys usually drove beat-up, old cars around the Cape. —

Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026 But teams typically receive a bit of a bump for taking on beat-up players in a trade, as evidenced in the exchange of second-round draft picks with the Hornets that was amended because of Coby White’s calf injury. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beat (up)

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Zaragoza stationed his men on the high ground, hidden behind cacti, behind walls of dilapidated forts, in ditches.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
Longtime Oak Lawn Village Board member Timothy Desmond has resigned from his post to enter into a contract with the village through his home building company to restore dilapidated properties, with the goal of putting them back on the tax rolls.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026