Antonyms for mended


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mend
Phonetic Transcription : mɛnd


Definition of mended

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to repair," from a shortened form of Old French amender (see amend). Meaning "to put right, atone for, amend (one's life), repent" is from c.1300; that of "to regain health" is from early 15c. Related: Mended; mending.
  • adj restored
Example sentences :
  • The sleeves of her jacket had been torn, and were mended with a material of another colour.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The fore-topsail had been mended as well as the foresail, and was set anew.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Because, now it's mended, that gives us something to talk about.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The broken strings of the violins were immediately found to be mended.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The others make me smile with their mended legs and their vanished sores.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Well, the family boots are mended on Sundays by James himself.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • It was an eggcup, and its stem had been mended with plaster.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • She kept me in bed most of the time, while she sewed on buttons and mended.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She had mended my brown pair, sitting up until after two to do so.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The minister's clothes were mended and his socks darned as they had not been since his mother's day.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for mended

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