Synonyms for torn up
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : teer |
Phonetic Transcription : tɪər |
Top 10 synonyms for torn up Other synonyms for the word torn up
- abate
- abolish
- at
- bad
- bash
- batter
- beach
- black
- bleeding
- blot out
- blow down
- blue
- bomb
- break
- break down
- bummed out
- capsize
- cast down
- cast-down
- cheerless
- cold
- comfortless
- crack up
- crash
- crestfallen
- crummy
- crushed
- dark
- dash
- decimate
- dejected
- delete
- deracinate
- desolate
- despairing
- despondent
- destroyed
- dig up
- dilapidate
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressed
- do away with
- do in
- doleful
- dolorous
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- droopy
- dull
- dysphoric
- efface
- eliminate
- erase
- excavate
- exile
- expunge
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- extract
- fed up
- fell
- forlorn
- founder
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- grief-stricken
- grim
- heartbroken
- heavy-hearted
- heavyhearted
- hopeless
- hurting
- impair
- in a blue funk
- in blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- injure
- joyless
- lachrymose
- let down
- level
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- mangle
- mar
- melancholic
- melancholy
- mess up
- mirthless
- miserable
- moody
- moony
- morose
- mournful
- move
- mow down
- obliterate
- on a downer
- overthrow
- overturn
- pensive
- pessimistic
- pile up
- pull down
- pull up
- put out of commission
- ravage
- raze
- reduce
- remove
- ripped
- root out
- rub out
- ruin
- run aground
- sabotage
- sad
- saddened
- saddening
- scatter
- scratch out
- scuttle
- shatter
- shipwreck
- sink
- smash
- smash up
- sob story
- somber
- sorrowful
- sorry
- spill
- spiritless
- spoil
- strand
- strike out
- subvert
- take apart
- take out
- taken down
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- topple
- torn up
- torn-up
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- tristful
- trite
- unbuild
- undermine
- undo
- unhappy
- unmake
- upset
- vandalize
- weed
- weed out
- weeping
- wet blanket
- wipe out
- wistful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wrack
- wrack up
- wreck
- wretched
- zap
Définition of torn up
Origin :- 1650s, mainly in American English, from tear (n.1). Related: Teared; tearing. Old English verb tæherian did not survive into Middle English.
- As in melancholy : adj depressed, sad
- As in melancholic : adj depressed
- As in tristful : adj depressed
- As in depressed : adj discouraged
- As in disconsolate : adj depressed, unhappy
- As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
- As in uproot : verb destroy; rip out of a place
- As in wreck : verb ruin, destroy
- I had no doubt that the bridge was down, or, if not, that its flooring was torn up.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- And a watchman looking at half a dozen lanterns, where a street's been torn up.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- The trees were cut, the earth was torn up; there was a howling as of unchained fiends.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- "No," and the Lensman tore up the check just as he had torn up the resignation.
- Extract from : « The Vortex Blaster » by Edward Elmer Smith
- It was a thing to be stamped out, to be torn up by the roots.
- Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
- Never employ an awl for this work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up by it.
- Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- If there was a square foot that hadn't been torn up I couldn't see it with the naked eye.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- I found that a portion of the carpet had been torn up, and I pulled it over.
- Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
- The paper was then at once torn up into the most minute particles.
- Extract from : « Across the Spanish Main » by Harry Collingwood
- "He threw some bits of paper he had torn up into the water," added Peaks.
- Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for torn up
- above
- aid
- assist
- bear
- blessed
- bright
- build
- bulging
- cheerful
- comforted
- consoled
- construct
- convex
- create
- cure
- decent
- enable
- encouraged
- fix
- flourishing
- fortunate
- gay
- glad
- grow
- happy
- heal
- heartened
- help
- honest
- improve
- joyful
- joyous
- lucky
- mend
- obey
- optimistic
- place
- plant
- prosperous
- pushed up
- raise
- raised
- ratify
- remain
- repair
- restore
- rich
- satisfied
- settle
- solaced
- soothed
- sow
- stay
- strengthen
- sunny
- unburdened
- upright
- welcome
- win
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