ragged
adjective
[ ˈraɡɪd ]
• (of cloth or clothes) old and torn.
• "a rough-looking man wearing ragged clothes"
Similar:
tattered,
in tatters,
torn,
ripped,
split,
in holes,
holey,
moth-eaten,
frayed,
worn,
worn out,
well worn,
worn to shreds,
falling to pieces,
threadbare,
the worse for wear,
patched,
scruffy,
shabby,
decrepit,
old,
tatty,
rent,
• having an irregular or uneven surface, edge, or outline.
• "a ragged coastline"
Similar:
jagged,
craggy,
rugged,
uneven,
rough,
irregular,
broken,
serrated,
sawtooth,
saw-edged,
notched,
nicked,
indented,
crenulate,
crenulated,
denticulate,
denticulated,
dentate,
crenate,
crenated,
serrate,
serrulate,
• lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity.
• "the ragged discipline of the players"
Similar:
disorganized,
in disarray,
confused,
in confusion,
disordered,
disorderly,
muddled,
jumbled,
in a muddle/jumble,
straggling,
straggly,
fragmented,
• suffering from exhaustion or stress.
• "he looked a little ragged, a little shadowy beneath the eyes"
Origin:
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse rǫgvathr ‘tufted’ and Norwegian ragget ‘shaggy’.
rag
verb
• give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.
• "the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below"
Origin:
Middle English: probably a back-formation from ragged or raggy.
rag
verb
• make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner.
• "he ragged me about not smoking or drinking"
Similar:
make fun of,
poke fun at,
chaff,
tease,
make jokes about,
mock,
laugh at,
guy,
satirize,
be sarcastic about,
deride,
ridicule,
scoff at,
jeer at,
jibe at,
taunt,
bait,
goad,
pick on,
take the mickey out of,
send up,
rib,
josh,
wind up,
have on,
pull someone's leg,
make a monkey of,
goof on,
rag on,
put on,
pull someone's chain,
razz,
fun,
shuck,
poke mullock at,
poke borak at,
sling off at,
chiack,
sledge,
rot,
make sport of,
twit,
quiz,
smoke,
flout at,
rally,
take the piss out of,
• rebuke severely.
• "I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling Key lime pie"
• keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time.
• "players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties"
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin.
