adj
Meaning 1
Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
torn
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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tôrn horse–hoarse merger
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Received-Pronunciation: /tɔːn/
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Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /toːn/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /toɹn/
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tōrn without the horse–hoarse merger
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Scotland: /toɾn/
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/tɔːn/ Manchester
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Eastern-New-England: /tɔən/
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General-American, archaic: /toɹn/
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/tɔən/ 19th Century Received Pronunciation, obsolete
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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homophone: tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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CMU ARPABET: T AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Unable to decide between multiple options.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
past participle of tear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having edges that are jagged from injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lacerate, lacerated, mangled
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- torn between love and hate
- torn by conflicting loyalties
- torn by religious dissensions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: verscheurd — unable to decide
- Finnish: kahden vaiheilla — unable to decide
- French: tiraillé — unable to decide
- German: hin- und hergerissen — unable to decide
- Polish: rozdarty — unable to decide
- Swedish: kluven — unable to decide