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How to pronounce tattered in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tatterdemalion


a man in a tattered shirt.
the tattered flag.
tied up in tattered brown paper.
a tattered barefoot boy.
Type Words
Synonyms shattered


a tattered remnant of its former strength.
my torn and tattered past.

Examples of tattered

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The treasured but somewhat tattered card has traveled over 7,000 miles via mail.
From the kansas.com
Next to it is a collection of tattered, well-worn pages he also reads regularly.
From the sacbee.com
When I was 17, my first girlfriend gave me a tattered copy of a novel she loved.
From the guardian.co.uk
Usher had noticed that many of his pants and shirts were tattered hand-me-downs.
From the boston.com
After 25 years on television, the coat became so tattered it had to be replaced.
From the ocregister.com
They're all here, recorded in the tattered pages that spell out the town's fame.
From the omaha.com
The big job, of course, comes off the field, where his reputation lies tattered.
From the post-gazette.com
He stumbled across a tattered copy of six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach.
From the economist.com
The dancers, in tattered and decayed costumes, seem to be rising from the grave.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • 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"
  • Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged; dressed in tatters or rags; ragged; dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken