TATTERED


Meaning of TATTERED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈta-tərd ]

adjective

Date: 14th century

1. : wearing ragged clothes

a tattered barefoot boy

2. : torn into shreds : ragged

a tattered flag

3.

a. : broken down : dilapidated

decaying houses along tattered paved streets — P. B. Martin

b. : being in a shattered condition : disrupted

led their tattered party to victory

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.