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tattered

(tætəʳd)
1. adjective
If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time.
He fled wearing only a sarong and a tattered shirt.
...a very old, tattered, phone directory.
Synonyms: torn, ripped, ragged, frayed More Synonyms of tattered
2. adjective
If you describe something as tattered, you mean that it has been badly damaged or has failed completely.
But, two-and-a-half years later, things haven't quite gone to plan and Stanley'sdreams of fame and fortune lie tattered and torn.
...the last tattered remnants of a defeated army.

tattered in British English

(ˈtætəd)
adjective
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

tattered in American English

(ˈtætərd)
adjective
1. 
in tatters; torn and ragged
2. 
wearing torn and ragged clothes
Word origin
ME tatered

Examples of 'tattered' in a sentence
tattered

The cloud deck was rendered into a thousand tattered black banners, streaming overhead.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2004)
He had a black bandanna tied around his forehead and he was wearing a tattered blue uniform.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES (2004)

In other languages
tattered

British English: tattered ADJECTIVE
If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time.
He fled wearing only a sarong and a tattered shirt.
  • American English: tattered
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esfarrapado
  • Chinese: > 破旧的衣物、书籍等
  • European Spanish: estropeado
  • French: en loques
  • German: zerrissen
  • Italian: sciupato
  • Japanese: ぼろぼろの
  • Korean: 누더기가 된
  • European Portuguese: esfarrapado
  • Latin American Spanish: gastado

Chinese translation of 'tattered'

tattered

(ˈtætəd)

adj

  1. [clothes] 褴(襤)褛(褸)的 (lánlǚ de)
  2. (fig) [hopes] 破灭的 (pòmiè de)
(adjective) 
Definition
ragged or torn
He fled wearing a sarong and a tattered shirt.
Synonyms
torn
a torn photograph
ripped
ragged
I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt.
frayed
a shapeless and frayed jumper
threadbare
She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of frayed
a shapeless and frayed jumper
Synonyms
worn,
ragged,
worn out,
tattered,
threadbare,
worn thin,
out at elbows
in the sense of ragged
Definition
(of clothes) tattered and torn
I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt.
Synonyms
tatty (British),
worn,
poor,
torn,
rent,
faded,
neglected,
rundown,
frayed,
shabby,
worn-out,
seedy,
scruffy,
in tatters,
dilapidated,
tattered,
threadbare,
unkempt,
in rags,
down at heel,
the worse for wear,
in holes,
having seen better days,
scraggy
in the sense of threadbare
Definition
wearing shabby worn-out clothes
She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
Synonyms
shabby,
worn,
frayed,
old,
ragged,
worn-out,
scruffy,
tattered,
tatty (British),
down at heel

Synonyms of 'tattered'

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