ragged
clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
torn or worn to rags; tattered: ragged clothing.
shaggy, as an animal, its coat, etc.
having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits: a ragged wound.
full of rough or sharp projections; jagged: ragged stones.
in a wild or neglected state: a ragged garden.
rough, imperfect, or faulty: a ragged piece of work.
harsh, as sound, the voice, etc.
(of a column of type) set or printed with one side unjustified; either flush left with the right side unjustified (ragged right ) or flush right with the left side unjustified (ragged left ).
Origin of ragged
1Other words for ragged
1 | shabby, poor |
2 | shredded, rent |
Opposites for ragged
Other words from ragged
- rag·ged·ly, adverb
- rag·ged·ness, noun
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How to use ragged in a sentence
I stroked right, settling the compass near 185 degrees, and glanced at the flowers, stems ragged from where I’d torn them off by the road.
Again they marched raggedly, but their faces, instead of being good-humored and full of frolic, were serious now.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckThe German line emerged from the smoke, raggedly but yet solidly enough to overwhelm the weakened defense.
Grapes of wrath | Boyd CableThe river lay bare from shore to shore, save where the Westover landing stretched raggedly into the flood.
Audrey | Mary JohnstonIn spite of a stubborn will the girl's breath came raggedly.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod Raine
He came into town unshorn, wild-looking, often raggedly clad, yet always with the same wistful hunger in his eyes.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for ragged
/ (ˈræɡɪd) /
(of clothes) worn to rags; tattered
(of a person) dressed in shabby tattered clothes
having a neglected or unkempt appearance: ragged weeds
having a loose, rough, or uneven surface or edge; jagged
uneven or irregular: a ragged beat; a ragged shout
Origin of ragged
1Derived forms of ragged
- raggedly, adverb
- raggedness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with ragged
see run one ragged.
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