Riven
adj, verb
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of rive form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Torn apart. not-comparable
- 2 Broken into pieces; split asunder. not-comparable
"“She shall be blasted like a riven oak! Drowned in sulphur! Torn by whirlwinds!”"
Antonyms
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More examples"I want to make a book cover like the leather-bound books that you get in Myst and Riven."
Etymology
From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).