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Antonyms for ragging
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : rag-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræg ɪŋ |
Definition of ragging
Origin :- scrap of cloth, early 14c., probably from Old Norse rögg "shaggy tuft," earlier raggw-, or possibly from Old Danish rag (see rug), or a back-formation from ragged, It also may represent an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse rögg. Watkins traces the Old Norse word through Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, from PIE root *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear up, uproot" (see rough (adj.)).
- As an insulting term for "newspaper, magazine" it dates from 1734; slang for "tampon, sanitary napkin" is attested from 1930s (on the rag "menstruating" is from 1948). Rags "personal clothing" is from 1855 (singular), American English. Rags-to-riches "rise from poverty to wealth" is attested by 1896. Rag-picker is from 1860; rag-shop from 1829.
- As in reprimand : noun oral punishment
- As in jest : verb joke
- As in joke : verb kid, tease
- As in kid : verb fool, ridicule
- As in kid around : verb tease
- As in ridicule : verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- As in scoff : verb make fun of; despise
- As in banter : verb tease
- As in tease : verb aggravate, provoke
- As in chaff : verb joke, ridicule
- As in twit : verb ridicule
- As in deride : verb make fun of; insult
- As in hound : verb chase, badger
- The farce of their performance is heightened by ragging from the courtiers.
- Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
- They lay there for few minutes, talking and ragging aimlessly.
- Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
- Refusing to say 'Good night' to the beast because he was ragging me.
- Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
- We got ragging over the dessert and Mrs. Rose stole my grapes——?
- Extract from : « The Making of a Soul » by Kathlyn Rhodes
- That's Netta's fault; she starts all the ragging and throws it on to Gwen.
- Extract from : « The Youngest Girl in the Fifth » by Angela Brazil
- Talbot did not quite know whether the fellow were ragging him or not.
- Extract from : « Life in a Tank » by Richard Haigh
- How dyou expect a fellow to play if you go on ragging him like a fish-wife?
- Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham
- We have been ragging him by suggesting his field-glasses must be faulty, and asking to see them.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
- So that he escaped the ragging he would have had to undergo at Wrykyn in similar circumstances.
- Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse
- But the ragging of the study put this topic entirely in the shade.
- Extract from : « The Gold Bat » by P. G. Wodehouse
Synonyms for ragging
- admonishment
- admonition
- annoy
- badger
- bait
- bamboozle
- banter
- bawling out
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bedevil
- beguile
- beleaguer
- belittle
- bird-dog
- blame
- boo
- bother
- bug
- calling down
- caricature
- cartoon
- castigation
- censure
- chaff
- chiding
- chivy
- comeuppance
- contemn
- cozen
- curdle
- deceive
- deflate
- delude
- deride
- detract
- devil
- dig at
- dis
- disbelieve
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- disparage
- disturb
- do a number on
- dog
- dressing-down
- drive
- dump on
- dupe
- expose
- fleer
- flimflam
- flout
- fool
- fool around
- frolic
- fun
- gambol
- gibe
- gird
- give a hard time
- give chase
- gnaw
- goad
- going over
- grooming
- gull
- harass
- hard time
- harry
- hassle
- haze
- heckle
- hector
- hoax
- hoodwink
- horse around
- humiliate
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- importune
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- joke
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- kid around
- knock
- lampoon
- laugh
- laugh at
- lead on
- leave no stone unturned
- lecture
- lout
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make fun of
- make light of
- make merry
- make sport of
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- nudge
- pan
- parody
- persecute
- pester
- pick on
- piece of one's mind
- plague
- play
- play the clown
- play tricks
- poke fun
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pretend
- prod
- provoke
- pull one's leg
- pun
- pursue
- put down
- put on
- quip
- quiz
- rag
- rag on
- ragging
- rail at
- rally
- rap
- raz
- razz
- rebuke
- reject
- reprehension
- reproof
- revel
- revile
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- roast
- run down
- satirize
- scoff
- scolding
- scorn
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- send up
- show contempt
- show up
- slam
- slap on wrist
- snap
- sneer
- sound
- spoof
- sport
- swipe at
- tail
- take out after
- takeoff
- talking-to
- tantalize
- taunt
- tease
- telling-off
- tongue-lashing
- torment
- track down
- travesty
- trick
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- twit
- unmask
- vex
- what for
- wisecrack
- worry
- yap at
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