torn garment
Shredded fabric piece
A torn garment is a piece of clothing that has been ripped or damaged.
The phrase appears most often in biblical and religious contexts, where tearing one's garments signifies grief, mourning, or distress: He tore his garments and put on sackcloth.
Outside religious usage, the phrase is straightforward description of damaged clothing.
- rippedTorn or very muscular
- ripped jeansDenim with intentional tears
- tatteredRipped and worn out
- frayedUnraveled at edges
- shreddedTorn into strips
ragged · falling apart · hole · mend · sew · patch · sewing kit · threadbare · worn · worn out · fabric · seam · split · loose thread · damaged · beyond repair · rag · needle