ragged
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈræɡɪd/
- The sun looks fractured now; the whole sky is cut up into ragged patches of gray and blue.
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Examples
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Of course, it's a little ragged now... ...but this once used to be the finest farm for miles.
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The path was marked by a ragged line of rocks that twisted along the hillside.
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The top of it got a little ragged, like maybe the wind took hold of it.
Fiction book (1991) -
You can see all the painted ends are ragged, so they cut them.
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The theater's looking a little ragged on the outside, and the inside.
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I've never seen such a ragged line.
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The photograph functions both as a ragged document and as a relic of a lost civilization.
Academic text (2014) -
The light pointed ahead, reflected from the sharp, ragged walls, and disappeared into the darkness of the tunnel.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the north and west, ragged denim clouds piled against a light blue early evening sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bull calls up from below, where a ragged group of woodsmen lies nervously in ambush.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having edges that are ripped and uneven
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2.3
Not smooth or level, with parts higher and lower
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3.6
An edge or outline with rough, sharp points
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4.1
Cloth edges that are worn and have loose threads
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4.0
Something that looks worn, torn, and messy
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6.0
Thin and untidy in appearance, often with rough, uneven ends
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4.2
Appears torn or worn, like old clothes with holes
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6.7
Rough and uneven with many jagged edges
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7.9
A surface that feels rough because it has small bumps or cuts
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5.6
Not smoothed with a tool, leaving rough or sharp edges
Antonyms
Compounds
An orchid from the eastern United States with greenish flowers and a deeply cut lip
A greenish wildflower that has a fringed, deeply cut lower petal and grows in the eastern United States
A small orchid from the eastern United States with greenish flowers and a fringed, deeply cut lip
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Morphology
Etymology
Ragged comes from the simple word rag which means 'a torn piece of cloth'. A torn cloth has rough, uneven edges, so ragged is used for things with an 'uneven' or rough outline.