tattered UK /ˈtætəd/US /ˈtætɚd/ adjective3 •Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism. — 1919 •Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.This is the Priest all shaven and shorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.] — 1784 •Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.