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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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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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 While rodents such as squirrels may chew small ragged marks on pumpkin skins, just one deer can eat most, if not all, of a large pumpkin in one visit. —

Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024 Tucked at the base of a ridge of ragged, jagged bare rock and fringed by cattails, Ayer Lake is home for the endangered desert pupfish and the Gila topminnow. —

Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ragged

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The highest point, a jagged cluster called the Bavella Needles, soars more than 6,000 feet.

— Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Now, an apologetic Martin, who says the damage to the bluff was unintentional, has won city of Miami approval for an unprecedented fix — hiring a skilled stonemason to recreate the missing top two-and-a-half feet of the exposed, naturally jagged rock outcropping.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025