tattered
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tat·tered
(tăt′ərd)adj.
1. Torn into shreds; ragged.
2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters.
3.
a. Shabby or dilapidated.
b. Disordered or disrupted.
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tattered
(ˈtætəd)adj
1. ragged or worn: a tattered old book.
2. wearing ragged or torn clothing: tattered refugees.
3. damaged, defeated, or in disarray: he believes he can bring the tattered party together.
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tat•tered
(ˈtæt ərd)adj.
1. torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag.
2. wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man.
[1300–50]
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Adj. | 1. | tattered - worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
2. | tattered - ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past" destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" |
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tattered
adjective torn, ripped, ragged, frayed, threadbare He fled wearing a sarong and a tattered shirt.
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tattered
adjective1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters:
2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tatty, threadbare.
Informal: tacky.
Slang: ratty.
Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.
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Translations
مُمَزَّق
roztrhaný
laset
tættur, rifinn
yırtık pırtık
tattered
[ˈtætəd] ADJ [clothes, flag] → en jirones; [book] → destrozado; [person] → andrajoso, harapiento (fig) [reputation] → hecho trizasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tattered
adj clothes, person → zerlumpt; book, sheet → zerfleddert, zerfetzt; (fig) pride, reputation → angeschlagen; nerves → zerrüttet
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
tattered
[ˈtætəd] adj → sbrindellato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tatters
(ˈtӕtəz) noun plural torn and ragged pieces. tatters of clothing.
ˈtattered adjective ragged or torn. a tattered cloak/book.
in tatters in a torn and ragged condition. His clothes were in tatters.
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