| Main Entry: |
ragged |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
worn-out; in shreds |
Synonyms: |
badly dressed, badly worn, battered,
broken,
contemptible,
crude,
desultory,
dilapidated,
dingy,
disorganized, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters,
irregular,
jagged,
mean, moth-eaten, notched, patched,
poor, poorly made,
rent,
rough,
rugged, scraggy, seedy, serrated,
shabby, shaggy,
shoddy, shredded,
tacky*, tattered, tatty, threadbare,
torn,
uneven, unfinished,
unkempt, unpressed, worse for wear
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Antonyms: |
even, kempt, new, smooth
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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