tattered

UK /ˈtætəd/ US /ˈtætɚd/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, pretty

VERB + TATTERED

dressed, getting, leaving, see

TATTERED + NOUN

forest, garments, man, mary's, rationality, winter

PREP.

adj

Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.

The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.

Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.

This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]

The tattered man waved his hand.

Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.

adjective — ruined or disrupted

adjective — worn to shreds

The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.

Wiktionary

This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]

Wiktionary

The tattered man waved his hand.

Wiktionary

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

Tatoeba · #319691

Mary thought to herself that she ought to buy a new cover for the ironing board since the old one was getting pretty tattered.

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.

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