torn
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4.2
- adjective
- /tɔrn/
:
dividido
- Yeah, I would say yeah, but I'm kind of torn because intelligence is important.
- feel torn
Yeah, I was really torn on the Topper for this shade.
- Yeah, I was really torn on the Topper for this shade.
- OK I'm a little torn on this one.
- I'm so torn between vloggers last year and vlogmas.
- So I don't know, I'm very torn on this one.
- I, I love the future where I'm torn because the choices are so amazing.
Examples
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She was torn between accepting a high-paying job and pursuing her passion for art.
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- I am torn between my duty and you.
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I was so torn when you called.
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NICK: I remember feeling torn.
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I'm also torn between two of them.
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OK I'm a little torn on this one.
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I was torn between my wish to be sympathetic and my growing unease.
Fiction book (1997) -
And Thandi admits they feel completely torn and says, "It's give up your home or give up your child."
Blog text (4) -
At this point in the text, Julien is torn, perhaps unconsciously, between what he has been and what he wants to become.
Academic text (2003) -
Truly torn, Drizzt decided to rush back in and fight beside the panther to the bitter end.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
35
4.4
Not sure because you have two opposite feelings
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7.1
Feeling both good and bad about something and not sure what to do
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5.4
People have different opinions about something
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6.7
Feeling unsure about which choice to make
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How Conflicted
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Etymology
Torn also uses the same idea as tear ('to rip') as a picture: when someone is torn, they feel pulled apart by opposite choices or feelings. So to be torn is to have strong, opposing feelings about what to do.