Synonyms for torn

Most common

injured · mangled · lacerated · lacerate · ragged · tattered · divided · ripped

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.

2. adj. 2

   Unable to decide between multiple options.

   I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.

Related words

Phrases

that's torn it

Example sentences

• injured Ten people were killed or injured in the accident.
• mangled The bike was mangled in its collision with the truck.
• lacerated Blood trickled from the lacerated face.
• lacerate I'll seize you and lacerate you!
• ragged Ziri had ragged clothes, looked dirty and disheveled.
• tattered I see a tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

rent¹

5 letters

ratty², rippy²

6 letters

ripped¹, ragged²

7 letters

injured², divided³, mangled²

8 letters

tattered², lacerate³

9 letters

lacerated

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ratty² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tiraillé