RAGGED Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈra-gəd

as in jagged

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

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as in tattered

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

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as in uneven

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

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as in raggedy

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

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ragged

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verb

past tense of rag

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses

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Again, this somewhat ragged rendition isn’t equal to the multi-layered studio version or live ones heard on bootlegs; in particular, the Stills and Young interplay from a Dallas 1968 show makes the Springfield sound like the true originators of the jam band concept. —

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024 Carl Wanderer was sentenced to hang for killing the unnamed ragged stranger. —

Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024 While the Barry star is great here, the episode actually belongs to Mia Isaac and the terrifying Amy Ruggiero as an escaped patient named Alice Taylor, who appears at a hospital one night in a ragged state, unable to close her mouth. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024 Some of our favorite experiences were parking right on the water at Lake Powell, Arizona, camping along the ragged mountains by California’s Alabama Hills, and driving around the grassy hillsides in New York’s wine region. —

Steve Adcock, Contributor, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ragged

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Sea oats and fir trees dance in the breeze as seagulls squawk in a bright blue sky and the mighty Pacific crashes against the jagged shoreline a few dozen yards away.

— Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
The neck’s jagged base suggests that the head was torn from a larger, perhaps full-length figure, but the sculpture reveals almost no other significant damage.

— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025