Tattered has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of tatter
Adjective
1
worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
"a man in a tattered shirt"
"the tattered flag"
"tied up in tattered brown paper"
"a tattered barefoot boy"
"a tatterdemalion prince"
2
ruined or disrupted
"our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"
"a tattered remnant of its former strength"
"my torn and tattered past"
3
rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
Example Sentences
"a man in a tattered shirt"
adjective
"the tattered flag"
adjective
"tied up in tattered brown paper"
adjective
"a tattered barefoot boy"
adjective
"a tatterdemalion prince"
adjective
"our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"
adjective
"a tattered remnant of its former strength"
adjective
"my torn and tattered past"
adjective