ragged
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈræɡɪd/
- Informal
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- And so I ran myself ragged, like just awful, terrible sleep, terrible diet.
And so I ran myself ragged, like just awful, terrible sleep, terrible diet.
- And so I ran myself ragged, like just awful, terrible sleep, terrible diet.
- Do you have been running yourself ragged?
Examples
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Myrmeen let out a deep, ragged breath as she thought about the figure.
Fiction book (1992) -
She looked ragged after the long hike, her energy completely drained by the difficult terrain.
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Both characters are ragged, exhausted, and well on their way to being drunk.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm afraid I'm a bit on the ragged side myself tonight.
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You'll be tired in the afternoon, and ragged and hungry.
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I may be ragged, but I'm intelligent and I am handsome and I can read.
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Josh handed it back to Walter and began to draw some ragged breaths.
Fiction book (1995) -
And you get to a point where you've run ragged and you've gone months on months on the road.
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You're seeming a little ragged to me.
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But though her breaths were less ragged, her mind was still gripped by confusion.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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2.9
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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4.0
Very tired and stressed from too much work or worry
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4.1
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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6.8
A person who looks very tired and pale from worry, illness, or lack of food
Very tired because of too much work or travel
Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort
Feeling weak and tired as if you do not have energy
Feeling tired and weak
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
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ragged grew from the idea of being like a worn-out rag, something used so much it becomes weak and torn. That's why ragged is also used for a person who feels very 'tired' or worn down.