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

Example sentences :

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

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