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
Words Nearby ragged
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use ragged in a sentence
He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 8-14, 2014 | William Boot | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe low crunch of packed dirt against rubber tire was overwhelmed by the ragged explosions of automatic gunfire.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo | Nina Strochlic | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are sitting in a ragged park behind a McDonalds restaurant on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital.
Beneath the layers of hurt, beneath the ragged laughter, I heard awillingness to endure.
Billie Holiday, Barack Obama, and the Pain of Black Women | Joshua DuBois | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe final score flattered Brazil, which had looked ragged and complacent for much of the game.
Brazil Slips Past Croatia, Thanks to Yuichi Nishimura | Tunku Varadarajan | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But not too big for the ragged old arm that felled it down as an axe fells the last rings of a stricken tree.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardA handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardNevertheless, he was girt with a sword in a ragged scabbard hanging from a frayed and shabby belt of leather.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe girl looked round the ragged moor, brooding in the twilight, and half hesitated.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe spell was broken, and Mr. Carr took out his watch as he turned his eyes on a ragged urchin who had called to him from below.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with ragged
see run one ragged.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Browse