torn

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UK/tɔːn/Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard/toːn/US/toɹn/Scotland/toɾn/

adjective

Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.

“I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.”

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laceratelaceratedmangledinjureddivided
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of tear
adjectivetorn (comparative more torn, superlative most torn)

comparative more torn · superlative most torn

  1. Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.
  2. Unable to decide between multiple options.

    I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.

  3. biologyHaving marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving edges that are jagged from injury

Similar
laceratelaceratedmangledinjured

adjectivedisrupted by the pull of contrary forces

Similar
divided
Also see
laceratelaceratedmangledrattyrippedrippy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch verscheurd
  • verscheurdunable to decide
Finnish kahden vaiheilla
  • kahden vaiheillaunable to decide
French tiraillé
  • tirailléunable to decide
German hin- und hergerissen
  • hin- und hergerissenunable to decide
Polish rozdarty
  • rozdartyunable to decide
Swedish kluven
  • kluvenunable to decide

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with torn

pornborncornwornwarnborneswornbournethornhorneunbornrebornmournscornmornadornforlornfreebornpeppercornWestbourneshornlornmourneleghorn
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Sounds the same

tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Anagrams

tron
Cite this entry
APA

torn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torn

MLA

“torn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torn.

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