'Ragged' definitions:
Definition of 'ragged'
From: WordNet
adjective
Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
adjective
Worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
adjective
Having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
Definition of 'Ragged'
From: GCIDE
- Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged (r[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging (r[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] To become tattered. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ragged'
From: GCIDE
- Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From Rag, n.]
- 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] "A ragged noise of mirth." --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. [1913 Webster]
- What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Ragged lady (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}).
- Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (Lychnis Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
- Ragged sailor (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}).
- Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Raggie
Synonyms of 'ragged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all in,
- bad,
- badgered,
- baited,
- battered,
- beat-up,
- bedeviled,
- bedraggled,
- beset,
- blowzy,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- broken-down,
- bugged,
- bullyragged,
- capricious,
- careless,
- changeable,
- changing,
- chintzy,
- chivied,
- choked,
- choppy,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- coarse,
- corrugated,
- cracked,
- cragged,
- craggy,
- crinkled,
- croaking,
- croaky,
- crumpled,
- cut,
- deteriorated,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- deviled,
- different,
- dilapidated,
- discordant,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dog-tired,
- dogged,
- dowdy,
- down-at-heel,
- down-at-the-heels,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dry,
- erose,
- erratic,
- exhausted,
- fagged out,
- fatigued,
- frayed,
- frazzled,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- full of holes,
- grating,
- gravelly,
- grubby,
- gruff,
- guttural,
- harassed,
- harried,
- harsh,
- harsh-sounding,
- heckled,
- hectored,
- hoarse,
- holey,
- hounded,
- husky,
- imperfect,
- impulsive,
- in pieces,
- in rags,
- in shreds,
- in tatters,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- informal,
- ironbound,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jaggy,
- jerky,
- lacerate,
- lacerated,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- mangled,
- mercurial,
- messy,
- metallic,
- motley,
- mussy,
- mutable,
- mutilated,
- needled,
- neglected,
- negligent,
- nicked,
- nipped at,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- notched,
- patchy,
- persecuted,
- pestered,
- picked on,
- plagued,
- pluralistic,
- poky,
- pooped out,
- poor,
- quartered,
- raggedy,
- rasping,
- ratty,
- raucid,
- raucous,
- rent,
- ridged,
- ripped,
- riven,
- rockbound,
- rocky,
- rough,
- roupy,
- rude,
- rugged,
- rugose,
- rugous,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- saw-toothed,
- sawtooth,
- scragged,
- scraggly,
- scraggy,
- scratchy,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- serrate,
- serrated,
- severed,
- shabby,
- shaggy,
- shoddy,
- shredded,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- slit,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- snagged,
- snaggled,
- snaggy,
- sordid,
- spasmodic,
- spent,
- splintered,
- split,
- sporadic,
- squalid,
- squawking,
- squawky,
- stertorous,
- stony,
- strangled,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- tatty,
- teased,
- thick,
- threadbare,
- throaty,
- tinny,
- tired,
- toothed,
- tormented,
- torn,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unkempt,
- unneat,
- unorthodox,
- unsightly,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- untidy,
- ununiform,
- variable,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- wavering,
- weary,
- worn out,
- worried,
- wrinkled,
- zigzag
Words containing 'Ragged'
- Rag,
- Raggedly,
- Ragging,
- rag out,
- Rag bolt,
- Rag carpet,
- Rag dust,
- Rag wheel,
- Rag wool,
- Ragged lady,
- Ragged robin,
- Ragged sailor,
- Ragged school,
- Tag and rag,
- rag day,
- rag doll,
- rag gourd,
- rag paper,
- rag trade,
- rag week,
- ragged orchid,
- ragged orchis,
- run ragged,
- Coral-rag,
- Rag tag and bobtail,
- Shag-rag,
- Tag-rag,
- pine-tar rag,
- ragged-fringed orchid