torn
Pulled in two
Torn is the past participle of tear, describing something that has been ripped or pulled apart: a torn shirt, torn pages.
Figuratively, torn describes emotional conflict—being pulled in opposing directions: I'm torn between staying and leaving.
A country can be torn apart by war, a family torn by disagreement.
Having contradictory feelings
- dividedSeparated into portions
- indecisionFailure to decide
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- uncertainNot firmly known
hesitant · dilemma · quandary · struggle · unsettled · vacillate · oscillate · fluctuate
tattered
Ripped and worn out
jagged · rent · split · ripped · fabric · clothing · paper · seams · edges · holes
ambivalent
Having contradictory feelings
- dividedSeparated into portions
- indecisionFailure to decide
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
uncertain · hesitant · dilemma · quandary · struggle · unsettled · vacillate · oscillate · fluctuate · perplexed
heartache
Deep emotional distress
pain · agony · sorrow · despair · devastated · wrenched · gutted · bereft · distraught · tortured
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
abrasion · injury · muscle · ligament · tendon · rotator cuff · cartilage · ACL · meniscus · hamstring
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- broken apartapart, asunder, broken, broken up, fragmented
- indecisionindecision, indecisiveness, conflicted, hesitation, indecisive
- inner turmoilinner turmoil, inner conflict, inner struggle, self-doubt, indecision
- paper conditionsyellowed, faded, creased, wrinkled, stained
- past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
torndecided
Reached a conclusion
certain · resolute · sure · determined · unwavering
- torn apartForcibly separated into pieces
- torn upRipped or emotionally wrecked
- tore apartForcibly ripped into pieces
- torn to piecesViolently ripped apart
- tore offRemoved by pulling sharply
- tore upDestroyed by shredding
tornado, torment, tore, torrent, torrid, torrential, tornadic