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Synonyms for tearing

Most common

violent trigger-happy fierce frantic ripping

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Other

ripping

Noun

1. Watering

watering, lacrimation formal

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    enormous; of great size or impact

    a tearing great giant of a man

  2. n. 1

    The act by which something is torn; a laceration.

Related words

Phrases
display tearing screen tearing

Forms

Plural
tearings → waterings, lacrimations, lacerations…

Example sentences

  • violent Violent criminals were often bullies in childhood.
  • fierce One reporter said he looked like a fierce bulldog.
  • frantic Tom told me that he thought that Mary was frantic.
  • ripping Something was ripping its way through the forest.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tearingrising
violentrising
fiercerising
franticrising
rippingrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
fierce1
7 letters
violent3, ripping2, frantic2
8 letters
watering3, vehement3
10 letters
laceration4
11 letters
lacrimation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (violent3 = 3 syllables).