banged up

English

Adjective

banged up (not comparable)

(informal) Spending time in prison or jail.
My uncle has been banged up for ten years now; I haven't seen him in five.
(informal) Physically injured or wounded.
He is banged up: he suffers strain to left shoulder.

Synonyms

(pending time in prison or jail): behind bars, incarcerated, imprisoned, put away
(physically injured or wounded): hurt, imbrued, injured; see also Thesaurus:wounded

Quotations

"It does hurt, not just my ankle but all over. I'm banged up like hell. But I'm not, you know, hurt. Like needing an X Ray or the infirmary or whatever." - "Middle Age: A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 164)

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