"tore up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-tore up.ogg [Australia] Forms: more tore up [comparative], most tore up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tore up (comparative more tore up, superlative most tore up)
  1. (US, slang) unsightly, unkempt, dirty Tags: US, slang Synonyms (unsightly): unkempt
    Sense id: en-tore_up-en-adj-WGfiyC31 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'unsightly': 95 3 2
  2. (US, slang) particularly drunk Tags: US, slang Synonyms (particularly drunk): drunk
    Sense id: en-tore_up-en-adj-5DxqlKX6 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'particularly drunk': 0 100 0
  3. (Southern US) Damaged, hurt or broken Tags: Southern-US Synonyms: injured, wounded, deteriorated, broken Synonyms (damaged, hurt or broken): faulty
    Sense id: en-tore_up-en-adj-vgkpWabB Categories (other): Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 13 51 Disambiguation of 'damaged, hurt or broken': 0 0 99

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