embattled's Usage Examples:

is called crenellated; alternative (older) terms are castellated and embattled.

mount] in base," or, particularly in German heraldry, different kinds of embattled from castle walls.

arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

defeated Clem McSpadden in a run-off to claim his party's nomination after embattled incumbent David Hall was eliminated in the initial primary.

The church has a Norman doorway, and an embattled tower.

Like the fess, bars too may bear complex lines (such as embattled, indented, nebuly, etc.

blazon is: "Gules, ten Towers three two three two, all within a Bordure embattled Or".

were often dagged, or cut into decorative patterns such as scallops, "embattled" tabs or even leaf shapes.

side, a dodo per bend sinister embattled gules and argent, and On the sinister side, a sambur deer per bend embattled argent and gules, each supporting.

It is an embattled square tower of three storeys.

It is of early Perpendicular style with embattled and crocketed aisles and clerestory, set with gargoyles.

only 6 states, 4 of them in New England, which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure.

It also has projecting corner turrets, embattled parapets and a circular tower.

Because he grew up in an embattled period, Ugyen Wangchuck was trained as a skilled combatant.

rood turret near the junction of the nave and chancel, both of which are embattled.

Leonard Andrew was elected in 2018 to succeed embattled State Representative Paul Mosley.

"truth" or "falsehood" but an "issue of taking sides in a struggle between embattled groups.

Mary with its embattled tower and some fabric dating from XIV c.

The picture involves a pair of embattled truck drivers and was released in the UK under the title The Road to Frisco.

Synonyms:

castled; fancy; battlemented; castellated;

Antonyms:

conception; unrhetorical; unadorned; unprotected; plain;