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adj
Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: raggedy, ragtag, tatterdemalion
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: raggy, bedraggled, blowsy, dishevelled, dowdy, dowdyish, down at heel, downgone, qualifier, draggle-tailed, draggled, frowsy, frumpy, grotty, grufty, grungy, hashy, mangy, mean, out at the heels, piggy, ragtag, ribby, schleppy, schlumpy, scratty, scrofulous, scroungy, scruffy, scrungy, seedy, shabby, slammocky, slatternly, slobbish, slobby, sloppy, slovenlike, slovenly, slummocky, sluttish, tacky, tore up, trampish, unfine, unkemmed, unkempt, unshaven
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, outworn, passé, past it, past one's prime, raddled, ragged, ravaged, rinky-dink, rough, shabby, stale, tired, unimproved, wasted, weakened, wrecked, wrecksome, worn, worn-out, worsened, tacky, scroungy, beat, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken-down, crumbling, derelict, draggled, neglected, ramshackle, ruinous, run-down, seedy, tatterdemalion, timeworn, tumbledown
Antonyms: none provided
verb
simple past and past participle of tatter
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
ruined or disrupted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shattered
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tatterdemalion
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
Across languages
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