tore
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tore (up)
and torn (up)1. Sl. distraught; emotionally upset. I knew you'd be tore up. Fred's really torn up about the accident.
2. Sl. intoxicated. He wasn't just drunk—he was massively tore up. Boy, was she torn.
tore
verbSee tore up
- all tore up
- tear (one) a new one
- tear (one's) hair
- tear (one's) heart out
- tear (someone or something) in half
- tear (someone or something) in twain
- tear (someone or something) in two
- tear (someone or something) to pieces
- tear (someone or something) to ribbons
- tear (someone or something) to shreds
- tear (something) on (something)
- tear a strip off (someone)
- tear across (something or some place)
- tear along
- tear apart
- tear around
- tear at
- tear away
- tear down
- tear from (someone or something)
- tear into (someone or something)
- tear loose
- tear loose from (someone or something)
- tear off
- tear out
- tear out (one's) hair
- tear out of (something or some place)
- tear round
- tear someone off a strip
- tear the heart out of (something)
- tear the rag off the bush
- tear through (something)
- tear up
- tear up the pea patch
- tore
- tore back
- tore down
- tore up