1. (adj)tattered, tatterdemalion 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. (adj)shattered, tattered ruined or disrupted "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
Definition of 'tattered'
