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 of ragged broken, craggy, jagged, scraggly, scraggy Words Related to ragged saw-toothed, serrate, serrated; harsh, rough, roughened, rugged; bumpy, coarse, irregular, nonuniform Near Antonyms of ragged regular, uniform; flat, flush, level, plane Antonyms of ragged 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 of ragged frayed, raggedy, ratty, seedy, shabby, tattered, threadbare, worn-out Words Related to ragged 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 of ragged 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 of ragged broken, bumpy, coarse, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly, uneven, rough, roughened, rugged, scraggyWords Related to ragged lopsided, unbalanced; inexact, unaligned; rutted, rutty, undulating, undulatory, wavy; pitted, pocked; knobbly, knobby, knurled, knurly, nubbly, nubby; burred, harsh, sandpapery, scraggly, scratchy; nonuniformNear Antonyms of ragged exact, uniform; aligned (also alined), regular, true; horizontal, tabular; plumb, straight, vertical; flushAntonyms of ragged 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 of ragged tattered, raggedy, ragtag, tatterdemalionWords Related to ragged bedraggled, scroungy, scruffy, shabby, threadbare; down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels)Near Antonyms of ragged decked (out), dolled up, dressed up; spiffy