Definition for Torn:

• disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; " torn between love and hate"; " torn by conflicting loyalties"; " torn by religious dissensions"

Synonyms for Torn:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • torn.
  •cleft (adjective)
  • more crenelated,
  • most pierced,
  • more sundered,
  • more crannied,
  • more ruptured,
  • most riven,
  • more rent,
  • most crenelated,
  • more parted,
  • more perforated,
  • more riven,
  • more cloven,
  • most sundered,
  • most rent,
  • more pierced,
  • most ruptured,
  • most perforated,
  • most cloven,
  • most crannied,
  • most parted.
  •cut open (adjective)
  • fractured,
  • divided,
  • cleaved,
  • gashed,
  • damaged,
  • ruptured,
  • broken,
  • severed,
  • sliced,
  • burst,
  • cracked,
  • shabby,
  • Wrenched,
  • slashed,
  • split,
  • Snapped,
  • slit,
  • impaired.
  •ragged (adjective)
  • more fragmented,
  • more battered,
  • most battered,
  • down the heel,
  • un kempt,
  • un pressed,
  • more unpressed,
  • more patched,
  • motheaten,
  • dis organized,
  • dis-organized,
  • more shredded,
  • scraggier,
  • un kemptest,
  • more frayed,
  • most frazzled,
  • down heel,
  • un-kemptest,
  • un finished,
  • un-kempter,
  • un even,
  • most frayed,
  • full holes,
  • most fragmented,
  • most shredded,
  • more frazzled,
  • un-finished,
  • un-kempt,
  • un-even,
  • un kempter,
  • most unpressed,
  • most patched,
  • un-pressed.
  •scraggly (adjective)
  • uncombed,
  • ungroomed.
  •seedy (adjective)
  • gone seed,
  • dogeared,
  • more down-at-the-heel,
  • used up,
  • most wilted,
  • over-grown,
  • more down at the heel,
  • more dog-eared,
  • dog-eared,
  • in a bad way,
  • down-at-the-heel,
  • more dogeared,
  • most down at the heel,
  • over grown,
  • in bad way,
  • more wilting,
  • gone to seed,
  • un-tidiest,
  • most sagging,
  • un-tidier,
  • most down-at-the-heel,
  • more wilted,
  • dog eared,
  • more sagging,
  • most dog-eared,
  • more dog eared,
  • un tidiest,
  • un tidy,
  • un tidier,
  • most wilting,
  • most dogeared,
  • most dog eared,
  • un-tidy.
  •shredded (adjective)
  • tattered.
  •tattered (adjective)
  • in shreds,
  • tatterdemalion,
  • torn pieces,
  • torn to pieces,
  • most ripped,
  • raggedy,
  • more ripped.
  •undecided (adjective)
  • uncertain,
  • vacillating,
  • of two minds,
  • unsure,
  • wavering.

• adv.

  •asunder (adverb)
  • dis joined,
  • dis connected,
  • dis-joined,
  • dis-connected.

• n.

  •
  • agonized,
  • reserve,
  • be thinking of/about doing something,
  • agonizing,
  • be a toss-up.
  •ripped (noun)
  • ruined,
  • mutilated,
  • pulled out,
  • spoiled.
  •torn (noun)
  • blasted,
  • injured.

• v.

  •halved (verb)
  • forked,
  • branched,
  • slitted,
  • bifurcated,
  • Rented,
  • parted,
  • Halved,
  • tore,
  • Bisected,
  • fissured,
  • cut,
  • axed.
  •ran (verb)
  • bounded,
  • Trotted,
  • Scampered,
  • Cantered,
  • rushed,
  • Loped,
  • Jogged,
  • Ran,
  • Galloped,
  • Darted,
  • scurried,
  • Plunged,
  • hurried,
  • Raced,
  • dashed,
  • scrambled,
  • run,
  • scooted,
  • Sprinted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bitten,
  • indecisive,
  • Conflicted,
  • indecision,
  • irresolute.
  •
  • non compos mentis,
  • worn.
  •worn
  • old.

Paraphrases for Torn:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Riven.
  • Verb, past participle
    Riven.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past participle
    ripped.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    broken, damaged.
  • Verb, past participle
    worn, fractured, obliterated, Created, Eradicated, Caught, fragmented, annihilated, Erased, Extracted, removed, battered, detached, separated, Reciprocated, dismantled, devastated, razed, destroyed, Slaughtered, decreased, stricken, scarred, contaminated, carved, uprooted, partitioned, bitten, sabotaged, Decimated, tortured, Hesitated, distributed, shaken, shortened, Bulldozed, vandalized, afflicted, hurt, affected, apportioned, severed, breached, wasted, Raged, eaten, eroded, Jeopardized, trapped, crippled, Curtailed, parted, disrupted, demolished, Disengaged, ravaged, established, cracked, upset, subdivided, burned, Distanced, impaired, thrown, roasted, overturned, struck, tormented, discarded, undermined, scrapped, beaten, polarised, impressed, diminished, Dismembered, Knocked, Confronted, Short-circuited, forced, plagued, amazed, engulfed, crushed, Wiped, disqualified, prey, Preyed, burdened, Endured, ruined, taken, besieged, reduced, set, Poisoned, supposed, misplaced, consumed, blown, narrowed, clobbered, mired, Excised, beset, blighted, Conflicted, Befallen, lowered, ridden, Racked, shared, embroiled, Bedevilled, smashed, laid, impacted, Brought, munted, stoned, Subjected, lifted, rolled, grouped, disjoined, fallen, placed, busted, Quashed, Carried, Levelled, gripped, sullied, pulled, Echoed, mixed, put, HIT, formed, Grubbed, dashed, kicked, Buzzed, Pooled, cut, done, shattered, broken, damaged.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    shattered, war-torn.

Antonyms for Torn:

• adj.

  • cut open
    fixed, unbroken, healed, perfect, sure, decided, ok, resolute, certain, working, Mended.

• p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    uninjured, united.

Torn Sentence Examples:

• Keeko was torn between tears and laughter.

• Of course, when the white man left various efforts were made from the very start to join that which had been torn apart a century earlier.