ragged

[ rag-id ]

/ ˈræg ɪd /

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adjective

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 ).

OTHER WORDS FOR ragged

1 shabby, poor.

2 shredded, rent.

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OPPOSITES FOR ragged

1 neat.

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Origin of ragged

First recorded in 1250–1300, ragged is from the Middle English word ragget.See rag¹, -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM ragged

rag·ged·ly, adverbrag·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.
My Priceless Summer on a Maine Lobster Boat|Luna Soley|November 11, 2020|Outside Online
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 Buck
The German line emerged from the smoke, raggedly but yet solidly enough to overwhelm the weakened defense.
Grapes of wrath|Boyd Cable
The river lay bare from shore to shore, save where the Westover landing stretched raggedly into the flood.
Audrey|Mary Johnston

In 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

ragged

/ (ˈræɡɪd) /

adjective

(of clothes) worn to rags; tattered

(of a person) dressed in shabby tattered clothes

having a neglected or unkempt appearanceragged weeds

having a loose, rough, or uneven surface or edge; jagged

uneven or irregulara ragged beat; a ragged shout

Derived forms of ragged

raggedly, adverbraggedness, noun

Word Origin for ragged

C13: probably from ragge rag 1

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

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ragged

see run one ragged.

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