Antonyms for ragged
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rag-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræg ɪd |
Definition of ragged
Origin :- "rough, shaggy," c.1300, past participle adjective as though from a verb form of rag (n.). Cf. Latin pannosus "ragged, wrinkly," from pannus "piece of cloth." But the word might reflect a broader, older meaning; perhaps from or reinforced by Old Norse raggaðr "shaggy," via Old English raggig "shaggy, bristly, rough" (which, Barnhart writes, "was almost surely developed from Scandinavian"). Of clothes, early 14c.; of persons, late 14c. To run (someone) ragged is from 1915. Related: Raggedly; raggedness.
- adj worn-out; in shreds
- But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Once more I am counting the coppers, living on the ragged edge.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Enter Rumi-naui, torn and ragged, and covered with blood, with two attendants.
- Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
- In the evening a man came, ragged and tired, looking for something to eat.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- As far as the eye can reach in every direction are ragged peaks and spurs.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- And then come the fighting-men—a gallant, ragged, indomitable band.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Its spout was torn and ragged like the mouth of a gun when a shell has burst there.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- His clothes were soiled and stained, and his face was covered with ragged beard.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He looked at them gravely; hers had been a ragged piece of work.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Her hair was torn and ragged, and her arms were bound to her sides with sashes and handkerchiefs.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for ragged
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- battered
- broken
- contemptible
- crude
- desultory
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disorganized
- down at the heel
- fragmented
- frayed
- frazzled
- full of holes
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- irregular
- jagged
- mean
- moth-eaten
- notched
- patched
- poor
- poorly made
- rent
- rough
- rugged
- scraggy
- seedy
- serrated
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- shredded
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- torn
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- worse for wear
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