ragged English

Meaning ragged meaning

What does ragged mean?

ragged

— adjective being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's a ragged tramp

— adjective worn out from stress or strain run ragged

— adjective having an irregular outline text set with ragged right margins herded the class into a ragged line

Synonyms ragged synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as ragged?

ragged English » English

tattered

torn

shabby

worn

threadbare

rugged

worn out

used

uneven

seedy

rough

patchy

old

in rags

frayed

bum

harsh

dirty

coarse

scabrous

rude

ripped

patched

lacerated

jagged

gnarled

decayed

craggy

broken

worn-out

weak

untidy

unsmooth

unkempt

unequalized

unequalised

unequal

undress

tumble-down

tough

torn to shreds

torn to pieces

throaty

tear

tatterdemalion

tatterd

tag-rag

straggly

squalid

spotty

Examples ragged examples

How do I use ragged in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

The buildings look pretty ragged now, but they still have charm.

His eyes were as red burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.

Movie subtitles

These ragged, barefoot urchins receive the same education as children the world over.

The show's ragged!

What do you mean, the show's ragged?

The numbers are ragged!

Since he found out we're behind it, he's been running us ragged.

And they're so ragged, we'd be ashamed if everybody else's children wasn't the same.

Ran me ragged and I hardly ever got paid.

She looked like the ragged end of nowhere.

I'm afraid I'm a bit on the ragged side myself tonight.

I've never seen such a ragged line.

Your men are pretty ragged, Stryker.

Miss Maxwell. I came to this territory as a boy, a ragged trail hand. without a penny in my pocket and my boots open at the toes.

He runs you ragged.

A ragged army marching on wooden shoes.

If you run McGraw as ragged as this guy, he'll fall from an attack of gin.

What do they think a few ragged-pants bandits can do?

We've always ragged her.

That number's still ragged.

He runs you ragged. Now he's got you sitting by, just waiting.

Can't you give me another one'? This one is ragged.

She's right, you're kind of ragged.

You look a little ragged around the edges.

Actually he sits on a kitchen chair with an old hose wrapped ragged under him.

And they're so ragged we'd be ashamed if everybody else's children wasn't the same way.

I hope you get it. I quit hauling for that crook. Ran me ragged and I hardly ever got paid.

Some friend ought to tell him she's the kind to run him ragged.

It's ragged.

Rude ragged nurse. old sullen playfellow for tender princes. use my babies well. So. foolish sorrow bids your stones farewell.

Plucked into ragged shreds, the clouds above float by.

These fancy robes and the gown are just an invention. Actually he sits on a kitchen chair with an old hose wrapped ragged under him.

We very nearly had the remnants of a Coal Hill School teacher in there instead of his wretched old, ragged old tie.

You got so skinny like a ragged goat!

A couple of my nails were ragged.

I warn you, I'm gonna use you. I'm gonna run you ragged!

Mary, you've been running yourself ragged for her, planning her wedding, giving her a shower, buying gifts, just because you shared a bunk 18 years ago.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

News and current affairs

He was not perceived as a man from the Kremlin's ragged--through so many government reshuffles--pack of political cards.