(all) torn up

1. Very upset or emotional. Sean has been really torn up since his wife left him. A: "Did you hear that Joe died?" B: "I know, I've been all torn up about it."

2. Very sorry and remorseful. She's acting all torn up about the whole thing, but really I think she's just sorry she got caught. I know you're angry with him, but Tom's genuinely torn up about what happened.

3. slang Very drunk. Do you remember last night at all? You were so torn up you could barely speak! We're going to the club tonight to get all torn up!

torn up

verb

See tore up

See also: torn, up

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(all) dolled up
(all) done by mirrors
(all) done with mirrors
(all) dressed up
(all) for naught
(all) great minds run in the same channel
(all) het up
(all) in one
(all) in the family
(all) joking apart
(all) joking aside
(all) kidding aside
(all) of a piece
(all) over again
(all) rolled into one
(all) sealed up
(all) shot to hell
(all) skin and bones
(all) spiffed out
(all) sweetness and light
(all) talked out
(all) the better for (something)
(all) the better to (do something)
(all) the world over
(all) tore up
(all) torn up
(all) washed up
(all) well and good
(all) wrought up
(almost) upon (one)
(and) not before time!
(and) that ain't hay
(and) that's that
(and) yourself
(Are you) going my way?
(Are you) ready for this?
(Are you) ready to order?
(Are you) sorry you asked?
(Are) things getting you down?
(Are) you kidding (me)?
(are) you leaving so soon?
(as) (a)like as (two) peas in a pod
(as) (something) as Dick's hatband
(as) accommodating as a hog on ice
(as) ancient as the hills
(as) artful as a wagonload of monkeys
(as) awkward as a cow on a crutch
(as) awkward as a cow on roller skates
(as) bald as a baby's backside
(as) baleful as death
(as) black as (one) is painted
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(a)round the clock
(a)round the corner
(a)round these parts
(a/one's) place in the sun
(all) beer and skittles
(all) dolled up
(all) done by mirrors
(all) done with mirrors
(all) dressed up
(all) for naught
(all) great minds run in the same channel
(all) het up
(all) in one
(all) in the family
(all) joking apart
(all) joking aside
(all) kidding aside
(all) of a piece
(all) over again
(all) rolled into one
(all) sealed up
(all) shot to hell
(all) skin and bones
(all) spiffed out
(all) sweetness and light
(all) talked out
(all) the better for (something)
(all) the better to (do something)
(all) the world over
(all) tore up
(all) torn up
(all) washed up
(all) well and good
(all) wrought up
(almost) upon (one)
(and) not before time!
(and) that ain't hay
(and) that's that
(and) yourself
(anterior and posterior) radicular arteries
(anterior and posterior) superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
(anterior and posterior) vestibular veins
(Apostle and Martyr) Andrew
(Are you) going my way?
(Are you) ready for this?
(Are you) ready to order?
(Are you) sorry you asked?
(Are) things getting you down?
(Are) you kidding (me)?
(are) you leaving so soon?
(as) (a)like as (two) peas in a pod
(as) (something) as Dick's hatband
(as) accommodating as a hog on ice
(as) ancient as the hills
(as) artful as a wagonload of monkeys
(as) awkward as a cow on a crutch
(as) awkward as a cow on roller skates
(as) bald as a baby's backside
(as) baleful as death
(as) black as (one's) hat
(as) black as (one) is painted
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