🧥 Shabby or untidy 👨‍🌾 A rural person 🧽 A cleaning cloth

raggie

9.9

Having old torn clothes and looking untidy

adjective

: harapiento

He wore a raggie old sweater that looked like it had seen better days.

Examples

After a week of camping, his jacket looked especially raggie and worn.
Why do you always dress in such a raggie manner?
She wore a raggie sweater that had holes in the sleeves.
The children returned home with raggie clothes after playing in the park all afternoon.
After a week of camping, his jacket looked especially raggie and worn.
She wore a raggie sweater that had holes in the sleeves.
The children returned home with raggie clothes after playing in the park all afternoon.

Synonyms

mangy

vsraggie

Offensive

28 6.5

Worn and dirty, in bad condition

is similar but stresses informal ragged clothing over general neglect

scruffy

vsraggie

23 3.8

Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance

is more about rough, ragged clothing specifically rather than general mess

disheveled

vsraggie

21 6.1

Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them

is focused on shabby clothing appearance rather than overall disorder

ragged

vsraggie

16 3.2

Old, torn clothes that are in poor condition

is shabby and untidy but not always as torn or damaged

unkempt

vsraggie

13 5.1

Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes

is specifically shabby and ragged in clothing rather than general neglect

raggedy

vsraggie

Informal

12 4.0

Something that looks worn, torn, and messy

is similar but focuses on general shabby untidiness rather than texture

rumpled

vsraggie

11 4.2

Not smooth or neat because it has many small creases

is about worn, torn clothing rather than just wrinkled garments

frumpy

vsraggie

Informal

11 7.3

Clothes or a person that look old-fashioned and not attractive

is shabby in a rough, ragged way rather than only unfashionable

slovenly

vsraggie

5 6.9

Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts

is more about shabby, ragged clothing than careless personal habits

bedraggled

vsraggie

4 7.0

Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud

is shabby in general, not specifically wet or watermarked

slutty

vsraggie

Archaic

1 9.9

A room or place that is very messy and dirty

focuses more on shabby, ragged clothes and informal appearance

scroungy

vsraggie

1 7.7

Dirty and untidy in appearance

is informal shabby appearance with emphasis on ragged clothing

slobby

vsraggie

Informal

1 7.4

Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks

leans more toward ragged clothing appearance than habitual carelessness

daggy

vsraggie

Australian

1 9.6

Not fashionable and socially awkward in appearance, often in a funny, likeable way

is plain shabby or ragged rather than merely unfashionable or odd

raggy

vsraggie

4.2

Appears torn or worn, like old clothes with holes

is shabby overall but less narrowly about torn fabric

tatterdemalion

vsraggie

Archaic

9.9

Wearing old, torn, and dirty clothes

is shabby but usually less ruined and dramatic in look

ill-dressed

vsraggie

5.5

Wearing clothes that look messy or not right for the occasion

is shabby and ragged specifically rather than merely unfashionable

punkish

vsraggie

Offensive

9.3

Shabby and of low quality or value

is informal shabby appearance focusing on torn clothing rather than low quality

disty

vsraggie

Slang

9.9

Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places

is an informal shabby descriptor but emphasizes ragged clothing more

matty

vsraggie

8.2

Having hair or fabric that is messy and stuck together in clumps

is specifically shabby or ragged in clothing rather than general mess

trampy

vsraggie

Offensive

8.6

Looking dirty and untidy like someone who lives on the streets

is shabby and ragged in clothing without implying vagrant style

Antonyms

neat

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

smart

127 2.4

Looks neat, clean, and fashionable

How Ragged

tattered

1 4.5

ragged

21 3.5

raggie

9.9

scruffy

23 3.8

unkempt

13 5.1

Surface Forms

raggie positive

Morphology

raggie = rag (transparent) = rag + ie

Formed from 'rag' + colloquial/diminutive suffix '-ie' yielding an adjective meaning shabby or ragged; the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Raggie comes from the simple word rag meaning 'torn cloth' plus the small ending -ie, and it is like ragged. So raggie describes clothes or a person that look 'shabby' or untidy.