ragged

  • 11ragged — UK [ˈræɡɪd] / US [ˈræɡəd] adjective 1) a) mainly literary torn and dirty a pair of ragged shorts Ragged posters hung on the walls. b) wearing old dirty clothes and looking very poor ragged children playing in the street 2) with edges that are not …

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  • 12ragged — /ˈrægəd / (say raguhd) adjective 1. Also, raggedy. clothed in tattered garments. 2. Also, raggedy. torn or worn to rags; tattered: ragged clothing. 3. shaggy, as an animal, its coat, etc. 4. having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits: a… …

  • 13ragged — adjective /ræɡd,ˈræɡɪd/ a) Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. A ragged noise of mirth. . b) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. What shepherd owns …

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  • 14ragged — adj. 1 (of clothes etc.) torn; frayed. 2 rough; shaggy; hanging in tufts. 3 (of a person) in ragged clothes. 4 with a broken or jagged outline or surface. 5 faulty; imperfect. 6 lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity (ragged rhymes). 7… …

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  • 15ragged — adjective 1) ragged jeans Syn: tattered, in tatters, torn, ripped, holey, in holes, moth eaten, frayed, worn, worn out, falling to pieces, threadbare, scruffy, shabby; informal tatty, raggedy ass 2) …

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  • 16ragged — [ˈrægɪd] adj 1) torn and dirty a pair of ragged shorts[/ex] 2) wearing old dirty clothes ragged children playing in the street[/ex] 3) not smooth or regular a ragged edge[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 17ragged — adj. to run smb. ragged * * * [ rægɪd] to run smb. ragged …

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  • 18ragged — adjective 1) ragged jeans Syn: tattered, torn, ripped, frayed, worn (out), threadbare, scruffy, shabby; informal tatty 2) a ragged coastline Syn: jagged, craggy, rugged …

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  • 19ragged — See: RUN RAGGED …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20ragged — See: RUN RAGGED …

    Dictionary of American idioms