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Definition of RAGGED

1

having an uneven edge or outline <the Rocky Mountains cut an angular, ragged profile against the sky, in contrast to the rounded silhouette of the rolling, green Adirondack Mountains>

Synonyms broken, craggy, jagged, scraggly, scraggy

Related Words saw-toothed, serrate, serrated; harsh, rough, roughened, rugged; bumpy, coarse, irregular, nonuniform

Near Antonyms regular, uniform; flat, flush, level, plane

Antonyms clean, even, smooth, soft, unbroken

2

worn or torn into or as if into rags <finally convinced her to throw away her favorite pair of jeans, ragged from decades of yard work>

Synonyms frayed, raggedy, ratty, seedy, shabby, tattered, threadbare, worn-out

Related Words dowdy, scruffy, tatterdemalion; dingy, faded; lacerate (or lacerated), shredded; holey, patchy; broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dog-eared, grungy, mangy, moth-eaten, run-down, scuzzy [slang], tacky

Near Antonyms brand-new, new, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), unused

3

not having a level or smooth surface <she cut herself on the ragged edge of the tin can's lid>

Synonyms broken, bumpy, coarse, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly, ragged, rough, roughened, rugged, scraggy

Related Words lopsided, unbalanced; inexact, unaligned; rutted, rutty, undulating, undulatory, wavy; pitted, pocked; knobbly, knobby, knurled, knurly, nubbly, nubby; burred, harsh, sandpapery, scraggly, scratchy; nonuniform

Near Antonyms exact, uniform; aligned (also alined), regular, true; horizontal, tabular; plumb, straight, vertical; flush

Antonyms even, flat, level, plane, smooth

4

wearing torn or worn out clothes <ragged and hungry refugees emerging from the jungle where they had been in hiding for weeks>

Synonyms ragged, raggedy, ragtag, tatterdemalion

Related Words bedraggled, scroungy, scruffy, shabby, threadbare; down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels)

Near Antonyms decked (out), dolled up, dressed up; spiffy