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.
  •on the fence (adjective)
  • betwixt and between,
  • running hot and cold,
  • hemming and hawing,
  • in the middle,
  • not sure,
  • not definite.
  •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)
  • more dog-eared,
  • un-tidiest,
  • most wilting,
  • most dog-eared,
  • un-tidy,
  • more down-at-the-heel,
  • in bad way,
  • un tidier,
  • most dog eared,
  • more wilting,
  • more down at the heel,
  • used up,
  • over-grown,
  • more wilted,
  • dog eared,
  • most down at the heel,
  • most sagging,
  • most dogeared,
  • un-tidier,
  • dogeared,
  • un tidiest,
  • more sagging,
  • most wilted,
  • gone to seed,
  • un tidy,
  • in a bad way,
  • over grown,
  • gone seed,
  • dog-eared,
  • more dogeared,
  • more dog eared,
  • most down-at-the-heel.
  •tattered (adjective)
  • more ripped,
  • torn to pieces,
  • torn pieces,
  • most ripped.

• 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.
  •injured (noun)
  • injured.
  •ripped (noun)
  • pulled out.

• 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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • division,
  • chasm,
  • separation,
  • perpetual,
  • interpose,
  • everlasting,
  • patched,
  • expedite,
  • vacillating,
  • accelerate,
  • gap,
  • cleavage,
  • rift,
  • smashed,
  • disaffected,
  • goddamned,
  • chink,
  • goddam,
  • Scalded,
  • splintered,
  • stricken,
  • deathless,
  • greet,
  • sorry,
  • crazed,
  • hurt,
  • worse,
  • in shards,
  • imperfect,
  • disunite,
  • down-at-heel,
  • rend,
  • irritated,
  • chipped,
  • infernal,
  • weakened,
  • mutilated,
  • sever,
  • tatty,
  • break down,
  • impressed with,
  • facilitate,
  • blamed,
  • shake,
  • aggravated,
  • blessed,
  • eternal,
  • agonised,
  • crevice,
  • immortal,
  • permanent,
  • goddamn,
  • moth-eaten,
  • precipitate,
  • breakup,
  • lop,
  • disrupt,
  • break,
  • worsened,
  • embittered,
  • deuced,
  • dilapidated,
  • break to pieces,
  • touched,
  • Frazzled,
  • breach,
  • interruption,
  • Racked,
  • pluck,
  • in bits,
  • detachment,
  • patchy,
  • blame,
  • impressed,
  • ratty,
  • affected,
  • holey,
  • darned,
  • tearing,
  • disconnect,
  • tear off,
  • Deteriorated,
  • shattered,
  • opening,
  • tacky,
  • uncertain,
  • checked,
  • raggedy,
  • tear out,
  • tatterdemalion,
  • continual,
  • burned,
  • estranged,
  • scruffy,
  • worse off,
  • pull,
  • ceaseless,
  • devilish,
  • desolate,
  • rending,
  • constant,
  • hasten,
  • Sprung,
  • devastated,
  • damned,
  • wretched,
  • weep,
  • desolated,
  • rip off,
  • unkempt,
  • shredded,
  • threadbare,
  • dissociate,
  • in shreds,
  • tattered,
  • misunderstanding,
  • frayed,
  • weed out,
  • slovenly,
  • cleave,
  • rough,
  • Ravelled,
  • aside,
  • tortured,
  • cloven,
  • cut up,
  • breakout,
  • damn,
  • obsessed,
  • unsure,
  • scorched,
  • rip up,
  • tear to pieces,
  • moved,
  • alienated,
  • tear,
  • fault,
  • divide,
  • of two minds,
  • spoiled,
  • blasted,
  • exacerbated,
  • disunited,
  • irreconcilable,
  • Riven,
  • wrest,
  • beat-up,
  • down-at-the-heels,
  • shoddy,
  • rupture,
  • ruined,
  • wavering,
  • fissure,
  • tear up,
  • bawl,
  • ravaged,
  • separated,
  • harmed,
  • rip out,
  • crack,
  • endless,
  • down-at-the-heel,
  • rip,
  • Quartered,
  • detach,
  • wracked,
  • imbued,
  • disturb,
  • dowdy,
  • in pieces,
  • busted,
  • fracture,
  • shaggy,
  • interrupt.

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.