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ragged

rag·ged
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rag-id]
    • /ˈræg ɪd/
    • /ˈræɡ.ɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rag-id]
    • /ˈræg ɪd/

Definitions of ragged word

  • adjective ragged clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man. 1
  • adjective ragged torn or worn to rags; tattered: ragged clothing. 1
  • adjective ragged shaggy, as an animal, its coat, etc. 1
  • adjective ragged having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits: a ragged wound. 1
  • adjective ragged full of rough or sharp projections; jagged: ragged stones. 1
  • adjective ragged in a wild or neglected state: a ragged garden. 1

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Origin of ragged

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, ragged is from the Middle English word ragget. See rag1, -ed3

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Parts of speech for Ragged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ragged popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

ragged usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ragged

adj ragged

  • breathy — If someone has a breathy voice, you can hear their breath when they speak or sing.
  • cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
  • cragged — full of crags.
  • croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
  • croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.

noun ragged

  • brokenness — the quality of being broken
  • bushiness — a bushy quality or state
  • beardedness — the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
  • flittered — Simple past tense and past participle of flitter.
  • jaggedness — The state of being jagged.

adjective ragged

  • asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
  • curer — A healer.
  • frayed — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
  • grungy — ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
  • jagged — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.

verb ragged

  • bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
  • chaffed — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
  • dissed — to show disrespect for; affront.
  • gibed — Simple past tense and past participle of gibe.
  • jested — a joke or witty remark; witticism.

Antonyms for ragged

adj ragged

  • in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.

adjective ragged

  • kempt — neatly or tidily kept: a kempt little cottage.
  • level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.

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