tattersnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈtæt.əz/us/ˈtæt̬.ɚz/in tatters
(especially of cloth) badly torn:
Her clothes were old and in tatters.
badly damaged or completely spoiled:
After the newspaper story appeared his reputation was in tatters.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- fleabitten
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- sad
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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