torn

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torn

/tɔːn/ UK
/toːn/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/toɹn/ US
/toɾn/ Scotland
/toːn/
/toən/ Eastern New England
/toɹn/ US, archaic
/tɔən/

Sounds like tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

verb

participle, past past participle of tear

adjective more torn · most torn

Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.
Unable to decide between multiple options. I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.
Having marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: blasted, damaged, divided, injured, lacerate, lacerated, mangled, rent, ripped, afflicted, battered, bedevilled, beset, blighted, broken, brutal

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adj unable to decide

Français	tiraillé
Deutsch	hin- und hergerissen

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"torn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/torn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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torn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/torn

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"torn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/torn.

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@misc{torn_2026,
  title = {torn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/torn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}