tattered
pronunciation
How to pronounce tattered in British English:
UK [ˈtætəd]
How to pronounce tattered in American English:
US [ˈtætərd]
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- Adjective:
- worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
- ruined or disrupted
Word Origin
- tattered (adj.)
- mid-14c., tatrid, "clad in slashed garments," from tatter (n.) or its Scandinavian source.
Example
- 1. Letchford pressed his wounds to stem the bleeding , using tattered garbage bags as surgical gloves .
- 2. Now , to a large extent the poor quality of mr. mccain 's advisers reflects the tattered intellectual state of his party .
- 3. I 'd trade a hundred of these daiquiris for a moment in my tattered armchair , back at our old apartment , and marlene coming in with a tumbler of that cheap stuff .
- 4. Later , after others had copied his words , translated them into english and french , and read them aloud for radio and tv , he clutched the tattered cardboard to his chest and vowed to give it to the national museum .
- 5. Your diarist is a guest at a conference on security organised by ukraine 's rather tattered hawks .