Tattered
adjective
Old and torn, in poor condition.
He wore a tattered coat.
Often appears as...
- tattered clothes
- tattered book
adjective
Damaged in spirit or morale.
After the long journey, his confidence was tattered.
Often appears as...
- tattered confidence
- tattered morale
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Old and torn, in poor condition.
He wore a tattered coat.
Often appears as...
- tattered clothes
- tattered book
adjective
Damaged in spirit or morale.
After the long journey, his confidence was tattered.
Often appears as...
- tattered confidence
- tattered morale
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Describes objects that are physically worn out and visibly damaged.
The old library had shelves filled with tattered volumes of classic novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Implies a lack of care or abandonment; often elicits a sense of poverty or desolation.
The tattered teddy bear was discarded near the rubbish bin, forgotten by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formal Use
Casual; more appropriate for storytelling or descriptive texts, not formal or technical writing.
Her tattered sneakers told a story of a thousand journeys.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Describes objects that are physically worn out and visibly damaged.
The old library had shelves filled with tattered volumes of classic novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Implies a lack of care or abandonment; often elicits a sense of poverty or desolation.
The tattered teddy bear was discarded near the rubbish bin, forgotten by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formal Use
Casual; more appropriate for storytelling or descriptive texts, not formal or technical writing.
Her tattered sneakers told a story of a thousand journeys.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Describes objects that are physically worn out and visibly damaged.
The old library had shelves filled with tattered volumes of classic novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Implies a lack of care or abandonment; often elicits a sense of poverty or desolation.
The tattered teddy bear was discarded near the rubbish bin, forgotten by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formal Use
Casual; more appropriate for storytelling or descriptive texts, not formal or technical writing.
Her tattered sneakers told a story of a thousand journeys.
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Video examples
The Triumph and Tragedy...
the partition which was a photo of a mosque in his home village that he carried around with him and in that photo that he gave to us there was this is you know tattered black and white foot of a mosque iqbal remembered helping to build the mosque by handing bricks to the workers
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
is throwing dirt on that wound again and it's quite bad you can actually see there's a little looks like an acacia stick that's got actually stuck in some of the tattered flesh there so as I said it's quite fresh and at the moment he might not be a problem but if infection
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Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
I think it is also listening to the herd of elephants behind us I don't think this I you know would want to run into any trouble but a very tattered ear which is another indication that it is fairly low ranking like I said I think it's a male just from looking at it I
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
story of my hats to see Indian is really not them my fault that I have a hat that looks like this I have ordered another one by the way is another hat is on its way to help me you say do I have a pair of tattered shorts and shirt to go with my hat
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Earth Day Eve 2021 PIPE...
and as species become extinct, so I like to think of it as tearing holes in this beautiful tapestry of life. And as more and more species become extinct, so this tapestry becomes more and more tattered and a whole ecosystem can collapse.
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Your body was forged in...
over a span of three months. And it is incredibly important to astronomers because it ultimately carries the chemical legacy of the star that exploded. The orange filaments that you see there are the tattered remains of the star,
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A Sci-Fi Story of...
grief and memory and anger. She takes a deep breath and walks toward the monster. She stands before it. A thin, dark girl in a tattered, green sari. Her hair is whipped loose from its braid,
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
is this cacophony of men coughing, and stone being broken with primitive tools. Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
The library is vast and magnificent -- but decrepit. And it was this tattered complexity in the rock record that obscured its meaning until relatively recently.
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Why should you read...
The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered wedding dress.
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The Triumph and Tragedy...
the partition which was a photo of a mosque in his home village that he carried around with him and in that photo that he gave to us there was this is you know tattered black and white foot of a mosque iqbal remembered helping to build the mosque by handing bricks to the workers
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
is throwing dirt on that wound again and it's quite bad you can actually see there's a little looks like an acacia stick that's got actually stuck in some of the tattered flesh there so as I said it's quite fresh and at the moment he might not be a problem but if infection
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
I think it is also listening to the herd of elephants behind us I don't think this I you know would want to run into any trouble but a very tattered ear which is another indication that it is fairly low ranking like I said I think it's a male just from looking at it I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
story of my hats to see Indian is really not them my fault that I have a hat that looks like this I have ordered another one by the way is another hat is on its way to help me you say do I have a pair of tattered shorts and shirt to go with my hat
Video examples
Earth Day Eve 2021 PIPE...
and as species become extinct, so I like to think of it as tearing holes in this beautiful tapestry of life. And as more and more species become extinct, so this tapestry becomes more and more tattered and a whole ecosystem can collapse.
Video examples
Your body was forged in...
over a span of three months. And it is incredibly important to astronomers because it ultimately carries the chemical legacy of the star that exploded. The orange filaments that you see there are the tattered remains of the star,
Video examples
A Sci-Fi Story of...
grief and memory and anger. She takes a deep breath and walks toward the monster. She stands before it. A thin, dark girl in a tattered, green sari. Her hair is whipped loose from its braid,
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
is this cacophony of men coughing, and stone being broken with primitive tools. Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
The library is vast and magnificent -- but decrepit. And it was this tattered complexity in the rock record that obscured its meaning until relatively recently.
Video examples
Why should you read...
The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered wedding dress.
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Quote examples
Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
Youth is a lifestyle; it's not a blessing from God. If we treat our bodies as if they are not the most precious things we possess, then obviously we will show wear and tear. We're like a good pair of jeans. If we take care of them, they'll remain classic forever, but if we batter and abuse them they'll look like tattered old rags.
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Natasha Lyonne
American Actress
Anormal day looks like, you know, shower, put on the same jeans, the same tattered Gucci loafers I got at the thrift store, white socks, and my t-shirt and my very beat-up Helmut Lang blazer. I'm in the exact same outfit every day.
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Emilie Autumn
American Musician
I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.
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Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.
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Pierce Brosnan
Irish Actor
My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.
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Eli Broad
American Businessman
How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.
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Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
Approaching 50, I am living a life that is less sunlit Waldman/Chabon than tattered Charles Bukowski.
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Merle Shain
Canadian Author
Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.
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Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
Youth is a lifestyle; it's not a blessing from God. If we treat our bodies as if they are not the most precious things we possess, then obviously we will show wear and tear. We're like a good pair of jeans. If we take care of them, they'll remain classic forever, but if we batter and abuse them they'll look like tattered old rags.
Quote examples
Natasha Lyonne
American Actress
Anormal day looks like, you know, shower, put on the same jeans, the same tattered Gucci loafers I got at the thrift store, white socks, and my t-shirt and my very beat-up Helmut Lang blazer. I'm in the exact same outfit every day.
Quote examples
Emilie Autumn
American Musician
I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.
Quote examples
Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.
Quote examples
Pierce Brosnan
Irish Actor
My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.
Quote examples
Eli Broad
American Businessman
How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.
Quote examples
Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
Approaching 50, I am living a life that is less sunlit Waldman/Chabon than tattered Charles Bukowski.
Quote examples
Merle Shain
Canadian Author
Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.
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