Tattered

/ˈtætəd/

Synonyms for "tattered" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

beat upbeat-up bedraggled blowzybroken downbroken-down careless chintzy cleft cloven cracked cut dilapidated dingy disreputable dowdydown at the heeldown-at-heeldown-at-the-heels

Noun(1 words)

bedraggling

Adjective(4 words)

damage degrade degraded diminished

Strong matches (35)

drabbletailed draggled draggletailed faded frayed frazzled frowzy frumpish frumpyfull of holesgrubby holeyin piecesin ragsin shredsin tattersinformal lacerate lacerated loose

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lumpen mangled mangy messymoth eatenmussy mutilated negligent patchy poky

Adjective(4 words)

erode fray frayed impaired

Noun(1 words)

fraying

Related words (58)

quartered ragged raggedy ratty rent riven ruinousrun downrun-down scraggly scruffy seedy severed shabby shoddy shredded slack slatternly slipshod slit

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sloppy slovenly sluttish sordid splintered split squalid tacky tatty threadbare torn unkempt unneat unsightly untidy

Adjective(22 words)

ragged raggeder raggedest raggedier raggediest rend rip ripped shabbier shabbiest shabby shattered shred shredded tatterdemalion tear threadbare torntorn to piecesundermine

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weakened worn

Verb(1 words)

scagged

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

appearance condition damagedamage statedegradationmaterial damagestatestate of affairsstate of disrepairwear

More specific

18 entries

frayfrayed edgesragged garmentrendripped pageshabby cloakshatter shredshredded clothtattered credibilitytattered moraletattered reputationteartorn papertorn sleeveundermine

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Collocations

11 entries

tatter aparttatter the clothtatter the edgestatter the sailstatter to bitstattered appearancetattered clothestattered edgestattered flagtattered remnantstattered state

Inflections

4 entries

more tatteredmost tatteredtattering tattters

Derivations

3 entries

tatter tatteredness tatterer

similar

2 entries

destroyed worn

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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I see a tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind.

Source: tatoeba (319691)

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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