tattered

/'tætəd/

Thân thiện

A child clutches a tattered teddy bear.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Torn into shreds; in ragged condition: Describes something, especially fabric or paper, that is badly torn, frayed, or hanging in loose pieces.
   • Dilapidated; impaired: Describes something whose original strength or integrity is ruined or severely diminished.
   • Dressed in ragged clothes: Describes a person wearing old, torn, and ragged clothing.

Examples of Usage

• Describing objects:
  • The tattered flag fluttered in the wind.
  • She found the letter tied up in tattered brown paper.
• Describing a state or condition:
  • The empire was now a tattered remnant of its former strength.
• Describing a person's appearance:
  • A tattered barefoot boy stood at the door.
  • A man in a tattered shirt asked for help.

Advanced Usage

• "Tattered and torn": An intensified phrase emphasizing something is very badly ripped and in poor condition.
  • The old book was tattered and torn from years of use.
• Used metaphorically to describe non-physical things that are ruined or fragmented.
  • He tried to piece together his tattered reputation after the scandal.

Variants and Related Words

• Tatter (noun): A rag or a shred of cloth.
  • The flag was ripped to tatters.
• Tatterdemalion (adjective, noun): A playful or literary synonym for a person in tattered clothing or something that is ragged.
  • The tatterdemalion prince wandered the streets.

Synonyms

• Ragged: Torn or worn into rags.
• Frayed: Worn and unravelled at the edge.
• Shredded: Torn or cut into shreds.
• Dilapidated: In a state of disrepair or ruin.

Antonyms

• Intact: Whole and undamaged.
• Pristine: In its original condition; clean and fresh.
• New: Not old or worn.

Related Idioms

• "Tear to tatters": To criticize or defeat something thoroughly, destroying its credibility or condition.
  • The critic tore the author's new theory to tatters.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. ruined or disrupted
   • our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity
   • a tattered remnant of its former strength
   • my torn and tattered past
2. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
   • a man in a tattered shirt
   • the tattered flag
   • tied up in tattered brown paper
   • a tattered barefoot boy
   • a tatterdemalion prince

Từ đồng nghĩa

• shattered
• tatterdemalion