tatter
Worn fabric remnant
A tatter is a torn scrap or shred, especially of cloth or paper.
The plural tatters describes something badly torn or in ruins: His reputation lay in tatters.
Clothes reduced to tatters are ragged and barely holding together.
The adjective tattered describes anything worn, frayed, or falling apart: a tattered flag, a tattered copy of the book.
Ruined through neglect
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- worn-outDepleted through overuse
- batteredDamaged by repeated blows
- decrepitWorn by age
moth-eaten · distressed · weathered · faded · neglected · damaged · deteriorated · ruined
Torn and worn out
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- tatterdemalionRagged, unkempt person
ragamuffin · bedraggled · slovenly · rumpled · squalid · seedy · down-at-heel · ragtag
threadbare
Worn until transparent
frayed · ragged · worn · rag · shred · remnant · scrap · ribbon · strip · patch
tear
To pull apart
unravel · split · flutter · flap · dangle · hang · disintegrate · fragment · pull apart · wear through
dilapidated
Ruined through neglect
decrepit · moth-eaten · distressed · weathered · faded · neglected · damaged · deteriorated · ruined · wrecked
raggedy
Torn and worn out
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
tatterdemalion · ragamuffin · bedraggled · slovenly · rumpled · squalid · seedy · down-at-heel · ragtag · patched
tatterwhole cloth
Pure invention, no source
pristine · whole · unblemished · seamless · undamaged
tattercouture
Custom high-fashion design
finery · luxury fabric · haute couture · Sunday best · regalia
- rags and tattersTorn, worn-out clothing fragments
- in tatters