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| Main Entry: |
tattered
 [tat-erd] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shredded |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, dilapidated, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, moth-eaten, poorly made, ripped, rugged, scraggy, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, torn to pieces, unkempt |
| Main Entry: | faded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleached; used |
| Synonyms: | achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lackluster, lusterless, murky, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, washed out, wasted, worn |
| Antonyms: | brightened, colored, strengthened |
| Main Entry: | fray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shred, come apart |
| Synonyms: | become ragged, become threadbare, chafe, erode, frazzle, fret, ravel, rip, rub, tatter, tear, unravel, wear, wear away, wear thin |
Example Sentences
- He is wearing tire-tread sandals and tattered brown shorts.
- Upstairs, a lone chinchilla coat hangs on a tattered dress form, its back scorched through to the lining.
- As the dumpster was slowly emptied, conservators found tattered clothing mixed in with rebar and concrete.
| Main Entry: | mangy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scruffy |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten, poor, ragtag, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered |
| Antonyms: | kempt, neat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moth-eaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby; stale |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, archaic, dated, decayed, decrepit, dilapidated, moribund, old-fashioned, outdated, ragged, tattered, threadbare, worn-out |
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, patched, poor, poorly made, rent, rough, rugged, scraggy, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, shredded, tacky*, tattered, tatty, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, kempt, new, smooth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby, in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, beat-up, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy, in a bad way, neglected, old, out of condition, peaked, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, tumble-down, uncared-for, under the weather, unhealthy, untended, used up, weak, weary, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, healthy, ok |
| Main Entry: | scraggly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, grubby, grungy, in tatters, messy, moth-eaten, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, unclean, uncombed, ungroomed, unkempt, worse for wear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scruffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, bedraggled |
| Synonyms: | badly groomed, frowzy, mangy, messy, ragged, run-down, seedy, shabby, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, ungroomed, unkempt, untidy |
| Antonyms: | kempt, smooth, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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