Meaning & Definition of Tattered in English

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"