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 | ||