lacerated

Questions about lacerated

What does lacerated mean?

lacerated means "irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lacerated?

lacerated has 4 syllables: la-ce-ra-ted. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for lacerated?

Close synonyms include lacerate, lacerate, mangled, torn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lacerated a common word?

lacerated is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.