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torn

torn
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tawrn, tohrn]
    • /tɔrn, toʊrn/
    • /tɔːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawrn, tohrn]
    • /tɔrn, toʊrn/

Definitions of torn word

  • verb torn past participle of tear2 . 1
  • noun torn the act of tearing. 1
  • noun torn a rent or fissure. Synonyms: rip, rift, rupture. 1
  • noun torn a rage or passion; violent flurry or outburst. 1
  • noun torn Informal. a spree. 1
  • verb without object torn to become torn. 1

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Origin of torn

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English teer, Old English tēar, tehher, taeher; cognate with Old High German zahar, Old Norse tār, Gothic tagr, Greek dákry, Latin lacrima (see lachrymal); (v.) Middle English teren, Old English teheran, in teherende (gerund), derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Torn

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

torn popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for torn

adv torn

  • asunder — If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces.
  • in half — one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.

adj torn

  • betwixt and between — in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position
  • cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
  • crannied — full of crannies or chinks
  • crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
  • dithering — a trembling; vibration.

adjective torn

  • cleaved — Cleft or cloven.
  • crenellated — In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
  • gashed — Make a gash in; cut deeply.
  • holey — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • lacerated — lacerated.

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