A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
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Ragged
//ˈɹæɡɪd//
Synonyms for "ragged" (236 found)
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Strong matches (70)
disordereddisorderlydivaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformdog-tireddoggeddowdydown at the heeldown-at-heeldown-at-the-heelsdrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddryeroseerraticexhaustedfagged out
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fatiguedfrayedfrazzledfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfull of holesgratinggravellygrubbygruffgutturalharassedharriedharshharsh-soundingheckledhectoredhoarseholeyhoundedhuskyimperfectimpulsivein piecesin ragsin shredsin tattersinconsistentinconstantinformalironboundirregularjaggedjaggyjerkylaceratelaceratedlooselumpenmangledmeanmercurialmessymetallicmotley
Related words (118)
mussymutablemutilatedneedledneglectednegligentnickednipped atnonconformistnonstandardnonuniformnotchedpatchypersecutedpesteredpicked onplaguedpluralisticpokypooped out
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Adjective(5 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- τρύχινος adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- ῥάκινος adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- ῥακώδης adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- ῥωγαλέος adj (broken with rough edges)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cırıq adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дрипав adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- дрипав adj (wearing tattered clothes)
- накъсан adj (broken with rough edges)
- парцалив adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Czech
3 entries- otrhaný adj (wearing tattered clothes)
- potrhaný adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- členitý adj (broken with rough edges)
Dutch
1 entries- haveloos adj (wearing tattered clothes)
Esperanto
1 entries- malglata adj (broken with rough edges)
Finnish
4 entries- epätasainen adj (broken with rough edges)
- epätasainen adj (rough; shaggy; rugged)
- rosoinen adj (broken with rough edges)
- rosoinen adj (rough; shaggy; rugged)
French
3 entries- déguenillé adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- en lambeaux adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- enguenillé adj (wearing tattered clothes)
Ido
1 entries- ragoza adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Irish
1 entries- ceamach adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Italian
4 entries- a brandelli adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- cencioso adj (wearing tattered clothes)
- frastagliato adj (broken with rough edges)
- logoro adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Latin
1 entries- pannūceus adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Māori
2 entries- hīraurau adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- taretare adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Norman
1 entries- déguenilyi adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Persian
2 entries- مندرس adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- ژنده adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- lunsich adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Portuguese
1 entries- esfarrapado adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Quechua
1 entries- chhachu adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Russian
4 entries- зазу́бренный adj (broken with rough edges)
- изо́рванный adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- изре́занный adj (broken with rough edges)
- косма́тый adj (rough; shaggy; rugged)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- giobach adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- giobach adj (wearing tattered clothes)
- giobach adj (rough; shaggy; rugged)
Spanish
4 entries- ajado adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- andrajoso adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- andrajoso adj (wearing tattered clothes)
- astroso adj (wearing tattered clothes)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I dreamt that Congress effected sensible tax reform to improve the lot of the working class. I then woke up in a gutter with nothing but ragged clothes and a stolen guitar to my name.
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Truth has a good face, but ragged clothes.
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I should have been a pair of ragged claws, scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
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