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tattered

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tat·tered  (ttrd)
adj.
1. Torn into shreds; ragged.
2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters.
3.
a. Shabby or dilapidated.
b. Disordered or disrupted.

tattered
Adjective
1. ragged or torn: a tattered old book
2. wearing ragged or torn clothing: the tattered refugees
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tattered - 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"
worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
2.tattered - ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
Translations
German tattered [ˈtætəd] adj [clothes, paper etc] → zerrissen (fig) [hopes etc] → angeschlagen

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Two others were yeomen of merry Yorkshire, another was a tall stranger in blue, who said he came from London Town, and the last was a tattered stranger in scarlet, who wore a patch over one eye.
) Tattered flank and sunken eye, open mouth and red, Locked and lank and lone they lie, the dead upon their dead.
Bananas with their great ragged leaves, like the tattered habiliments of an empress in adversity, grew close up to the house.
 
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