A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
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Ragged
/ˈɹæɡɪd/
Synonyms for "ragged" (266 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (79)
doggeddowdydown at the heeldown-at-heeldown-at-the-heelsdrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddryeroseerraticexhaustedfagged outfatiguedfrayedfrazzledfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfull of holes
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gratinggravellygrubbygruffgutturalharassedharriedharshharsh-soundingheckledhectoredhoarseholeyhoundedhuskyimperfectimpulsivein piecesin ragsin shredsin tattersinconsistentinconstantinformalironboundirregularjaggedjaggyjerkylaceratelaceratedlooselumpenmangledmercurialmessymetallicmotleymussymutablemutilatedneedledneglected
Adjective(13 words)
Noun(2 words)
frayingfreehand trim
Verb(1 words)
Related words (133)
negligentnickednipped atnonconformistnonstandardnonuniformnotchedpatchypersecutedpesteredpicked onplaguedpluralisticpokypooped outpoorquarteredraggedyraspingratty
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raucidraucousrentridgedrippedrivenrockboundrockyroughroupyruderuggedrugoserugousruinousrun-downsaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscraggedscragglyscraggyscratchyscruffyseedyserrateserratedseveredshabbyshaggyshoddyshreddedslackslatternlyslipshodslitsloppyslovenlysluttishsnaggedsnaggledsnaggysordidspasmodicspentsplinteredsplitsporadicsqualidsquawkingsquawkystertorousstonystrangledtackytatteredtattyteasedthickthreadbarethroatytime-worntinnytiredtoothedtormentedtornunequableunequalunevenunkemptunneatunorthodoxunsightlyunstableunsteadyunsystematicuntidyununiformvariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingwaveringwearyworn outworriedwrinkledzigzag
Adjective(20 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesappearancebehaviorbreathing patternconditionconductexecution qualitygeometric propertyperformance qualityphysiological statestatesurface propertyvocal feature
More specific
14 entriesCollocations
6 entriesragged appearanceragged breathragged clothingragged coastlineragged edgeragged performance
Inflections
2 entriesmore raggedmost ragged
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 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)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cırıq adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дрипав adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- парцалив adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Czech
1 entries- potrhaný adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Finnish
1 entries- rähjäinen adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
French
2 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)
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)
- logoro adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- stracciato adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- stridente adj (harsh and disagreeable to the ear)
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- изо́рванный adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- обо́рванный adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- рва́ный adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
- ре́зкий adj (harsh and disagreeable to the ear)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- giobach adj (rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken)
Spanish
2 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)
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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Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.