English adjective: tattered | |||
1. | tattered worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing | ||
Samples | A man in a tattered shirt. The tattered flag. Tied up in tattered brown paper. A tattered barefoot boy. A tatterdemalion prince. | ||
Synonyms | tatterdemalion | ||
Similar | worn | ||
Antonyms | new | ||
2. | tattered ruined or disrupted | ||
Samples | Our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity. A tattered remnant of its former strength. My torn and tattered past. | ||
Synonyms | shattered | ||
Similar | destroyed | ||
Antonyms | preserved | ||