'Torn' definitions:
Definition of 'torn'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Torn'
From: GCIDE
- Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs. Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t>ae/ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
- 1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. [1913 Webster]
- Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. [1913 Webster]
- The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's roar." --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
- To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
- To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip.
- To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes.
- To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'torn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- aggravated,
- agonized,
- alienated,
- broken,
- burned,
- burst,
- busted,
- checked,
- chipped,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cut,
- damaged,
- deteriorated,
- devoured by,
- disaffected,
- disunited,
- divided,
- dowdy,
- down-at-heel,
- down-at-the-heels,
- embittered,
- estranged,
- exacerbated,
- frayed,
- frazzled,
- full of holes,
- harmed,
- holey,
- hurt,
- imbued with,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- impressed,
- impressed with,
- in bits,
- in pieces,
- in rags,
- in shards,
- in shreds,
- in tatters,
- injured,
- irreconcilable,
- irritated,
- lacerate,
- lacerated,
- mangled,
- moved,
- mutilated,
- obsessed,
- obsessed by,
- patchy,
- penetrated with,
- quartered,
- racked,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- ratty,
- rent,
- riven,
- ruptured,
- scalded,
- scorched,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- seized with,
- separated,
- severed,
- shabby,
- shattered,
- shoddy,
- shredded,
- slashed,
- slit,
- smashed,
- splintered,
- split,
- sprung,
- stricken,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- tatty,
- the worse for,
- tortured,
- touched,
- weakened,
- worse,
- worse off,
- worsened,
- wracked