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torn one's hair

torn one's hair is the past participle of tear one's hair.

Meaning of tear one's hair

Verb

tear one's hair (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair, present participle tearing one's hair, simple past tore one's hair, past participle torn one's hair)

  1. To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage.
    • When he heard that Devaki was pregnant again, for the seventh time, he tore his hair in fury.2005, Shanta Rameshwar Rao, Krishna

Questions about torn one's hair

What is torn one's hair the past participle of?
Torn one's hair is the past participle of tear one's hair.

Words near torn one's hair in the dictionary

  1. torn away
  2. torn down
  3. torn into
  4. torn it up
  5. torn off
  6. torn one's hair
  7. torn one's hair out
  8. torn out
  9. torn someone a new asshole
  10. torn someone a new one
  11. torn someone off a strip

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