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All tattered synonyms

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adjective tattered

  • curer — A healer.
  • frayed — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
  • worn — past participle of wear.
  • junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
  • battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
  • grungy — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.

noun tattered

  • joshed — Simple past tense and past participle of josh.
  • jived — swing music or early jazz.
  • guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
  • gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
  • flittered — Simple past tense and past participle of flitter.

adj tattered

  • agrestic — rural; rustic
  • beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
  • bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
  • cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
  • in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
  • faded — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • moth-eaten — eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
  • dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
  • inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
  • fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
  • down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • lusterless — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
  • muddied — abounding in or covered with mud.
  • dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
  • mangy — having, caused by, or like the mange.
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