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| Main Entry: | torn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cut open |
| Synonyms: | broken, burst, cracked, damaged, divided, impaired, ragged, rent, shabby, slit, split, cleaved, fractured, gashed, lacerated, mangled, ripped, ruptured, severed, slashed, sliced, snapped, wrenched |
| Antonyms: | fixed, mended, perfect, healed |
| Main Entry: | torn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
| Synonyms: | divided, irresolute, split, uncertain, unsure, vacillating, wavering, of two minds |
| Antonyms: | certain, decided, resolute, sure |
| Main Entry: | tear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, rip an object |
| Synonyms: | break, claw, cleave, crack, damage, divide, extract, fray, frazzle, gash, grab, impair, incise, injure, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, pluck, pull, rend, ribbon, rift, run, rupture, scratch, seize, separate, sever, shred, slash, slit, snatch, split, sunder, wrench, wrest, yank, evulse, jigsaw, pull apart, rive |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | tear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very fast |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, hurry, lash, race, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, zoom |
| Antonyms: | idle, wait |
| Main Entry: | asunder |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | apart; into pieces |
| Synonyms: | disconnected, divided, loose, separated, split, torn, disjoined, in half, to shreds |
| Antonyms: | together |
| Main Entry: | cleft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separated, split |
| Synonyms: | broken, cracked, rent, separated, torn, cloven, crannied, crenelated, parted, perforated, pierced, riven, ruptured, sundered |
| Antonyms: | joined, joint, united |
| Main Entry: | on the fence |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, borderline, debatable, divided, hesitant, iffy*, impartial, indecisive, irresolute, neutral, open, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unsure, up in the air, wavering, wishy-washy*, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, hemming and hawing, in the middle, not definite, not sure, of two minds, running hot and cold, waffling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, poor, rent, rough, rugged, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, patched, poorly made, scraggy, shredded, tatty, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, new, smooth, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scraggly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, grubby*, grungy*, messy, moth-eaten, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, unclean, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in tatters, uncombed, ungroomed, worse for wear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy*, decaying, decrepit, dingy, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, grubby, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, worn, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, flagging, gone to seed, in a bad way, sagging, used up, wilted, wilting |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tattered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shredded |
| Synonyms: | broken, dilapidated, moth-eaten, rugged, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, poorly made, ripped, scraggy, torn to pieces |
| Main Entry: | undecided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sure, not definite |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, borderline, debatable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hesitant, iffy*, indecisive, indefinite, irresolute, moot, on the fence*, open, pending, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vague, wavering, wishy-washy*, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, dithering, hemming and hawing, in the middle, of two minds, pendent, running hot and cold, waffling |
| Antonyms: | certain, decided, definite, determined, settled, sure, undoubted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, fracture, fragment, part, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, total, trash*, bust up, finish off, make hash of, make mincemeat of, pull to pieces, torpedo |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move around quickly, busily |
| Synonyms: | dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk, bestir |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, bolt, buck, chase, dash, invade, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear, blindside, bushwhack, jump on |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run after, pursue |
| Synonyms: | charge, course, drive, expel, follow, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, speed, tear, track, trail, bird-dog, chivy, drive away, go after, shag, take off after, track down |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | claw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | using sharp nail |
| Synonyms: | break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear, scrabble |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run very fast for short distance |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear, get on it, make a run for it, make it snappy, rush at |
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