I see a tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind.
Source: tatoeba (319691)
Tattered
//ˈtætəd//
Synonyms for "tattered" (170 found)
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Related words (85)
Adjective(44 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥάκινος adj (ragged and torn)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cırıq adj (ragged and torn)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дрипав adj (ragged and torn)
- опърпан adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
- парцалив adj (ragged and torn)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شِڕوشاڵ adj (ragged and torn)
Finnish
2 entries- resuinen adj (ragged and torn)
- resuinen adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
French
4 entries- abîmé adj (ragged and torn)
- en haillons adj (ragged and torn)
- en loques adj (ragged and torn)
- loqueteux adj (ragged and torn)
Galician
4 entries- adán adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
- albardeiro adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
- badanas adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
- baldreo adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
Irish
2 entries- adhastrach adj (ragged and torn)
- ribíneach adj (ragged and torn)
Italian
3 entries- a brandelli adj (ragged and torn)
- liso adj (ragged and torn)
- stracciato adj (ragged and torn)
Latin
1 entries- pannuceus adj (ragged and torn)
Māori
1 entries- tāreperepe adj (ragged and torn)
Occitan
1 entries- esparracat adj (ragged and torn)
Persian
1 entries- سخش adj (ragged and torn)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- lunsich adj (ragged and torn)
Portuguese
1 entries- esfarrapado adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
Russian
3 entries- дра́ный adj (ragged and torn)
- обо́рванный adj (ragged and torn)
- рва́ный adj (ragged and torn)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- drȍnjav adj (ragged and torn)
- drȍnjav adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
- pȍderān adj (ragged and torn)
- pȑnjav adj (ragged and torn)
Spanish
2 entries- andrajoso adj (ragged and torn)
- harapiento adj (dressed in tatters or rags)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The stylists, in all their pompous, branded majesty, doubted that the girl who had just approached them was fixable: her clothes were greasy, tattered, and devoid of rhinestones and logos.
Source: tatoeba (873924)
Mary thought to herself that she ought to buy a new cover for the ironing board since the old one was getting pretty tattered.
Source: tatoeba (3020384)
The tattered covers of Mary's copy of The Flowers of Evil showed that the book had been read and reread several times.
Source: tatoeba (3500736)
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