Unscramble torn

Definition of torn

adjective:

• having edges that are jagged from injury. Synonyms: lacerate, lacerated, mangled.
• disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate", "torn by conflicting loyalties", "torn by religious dissensions".

verb:

• separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped", "tear the paper". Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap, tear.
• to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars". Synonyms: tear.
• move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street", "He came charging into my office". Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear.
• strip of feathers; "pull a chicken", "pluck the capon". Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear.
• fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing". Synonyms: tear.

Related words

cleave, lacerate, pull, rend, rip, rive, shred, split.

Words nearby

born, corn, horn, morn, norn, porn, tarn, tern, thorn, ton, toon, tor, tore, torr, tort, tory, town, turn, worn.

Rhymes with

adorn, born, bourn, bourne, corn, firstborn, forewarn, forlorn, horn, horne, lowborn, morn, mourn, porn, reborn, scorn, shorn, stillborn, sworn, thorn.