👚 Shabby condition 🪨 Rough surface

raggedness

1 5.7

A state where clothes or things are torn and very worn

noun
/ˈræɡɪdnəs/

: desgaste

Despite the raggedness of her outfit, she carried herself with confidence.

Examples

The cellar was full of dangerous-looking people, chiefly young men in various conditions of raggedness.

Fiction book (1990)
The raggedness of his clothes made him look like he was struggling to make ends meet.
The old tent was characterized by its raggedness, with frayed edges and torn fabric.

Synonyms

shabbiness

vsraggedness

1 6.1

A state of looking old, worn, or dirty

focuses on clothes torn and full of holes

sleaziness

vsraggedness

1 7.7

Being dirty and shabby in appearance because of old or untidy clothes

focuses on clothes being torn rather than only untidy

manginess

vsraggedness

8.2

A shabby, dirty look from old, worn clothes

emphasizes clothes torn or falling apart rather than merely worn

Antonyms

neatness

6 1.0

Being tidy and having things in order

smartness

1 3.6

A clean, stylish way of dressing

How Ragged

tatter

Archaic

12 5.6

raggedness

1 5.7

shabbiness

1 6.1

to wear

159 3.3

neatness

6 1.0

Surface Forms

raggedness singular

raggednesses plural

Morphology

raggedness = ragged (transparent) = rag + ed + ness

The noun is the state of being 'ragged' (torn or shabby); this is a direct and standard derivation from the adjective.

Etymology

Raggedness comes from the simple word rag ('a torn piece of cloth') and the ending -ness ('state'). Because people wearing rags looked shabby and worn, raggedness also means the state of being torn, shabby, or dressed in rags.