Synonyms for torn


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tawrn, tohrn
Phonetic Transcription : tɔrn, toʊrn

Top 10 synonyms for torn Other synonyms for the word torn

Définition of torn

Origin :
  • past participle of tear (v.); from Old English getoren.
  • adj cut open
  • adj undecided
Example sentences :
  • But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She put on the boy's torn straw hat, and they yielded to her wish.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They swayed, then separated as though they had been torn apart.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Enter Rumi-naui, torn and ragged, and covered with blood, with two attendants.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • It was very old and yellow, and torn, too, and we could not read it.
  • Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
  • When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The sleeves of her jacket had been torn, and were mended with a material of another colour.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "Could I trouble you to put it in the fire," he said, handing the torn paper to her.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • His own partners would be torn from him, and turned out upon the world.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
  • If Enoch had not held his arm he would have torn off the plaster from his breast.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Antonyms for torn

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