ragged Definition
rag·ged (rag′id)
ragged Related Forms
rag′·gedly adverb
rag′·ged·ness noun
ragged Idioms
run ragged
☆to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment
ragged Synonyms
ragged
modif.
run ragged*
ragged Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- rather: There are, at this point, some rather ragged edges of the rock sides, caused probably by solution.
- little: Cons: Looks a little ragged around the edges.
- very: I look very ragged my hair hasn't been washed in two months!
- so: Dai's clothes were so ragged and he looked so wan that the farmer's Welsh heart went out to him.
- somewhat: The development drama, tho now somewhat ragged, was allowed to resume its course.
- slightly: Lovely, slightly ragged, bedroom studio production values.
Preposition: around
edge: Cons: Looks a little ragged around the edges.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- run: Whatever the distance, he still runs many younger men ragged.
- look: Once on wider roads, the Tanner group could see the leaders who were starting to look a bit ragged.
- leave: Paving was laid from the middle outwards, leaving the edges ragged and uneven to keep in with the setting.
Modifies a noun
- robin: Another sign of the advancing season is the ragged robin.
- rascal: Here, open out; we must join in driving these ragged rascals back on the center.
- cloak: He wears a long ragged cloak and an old wide-brimmed hat, so you can't see his eyes.
- edge: Too near the ragged edge to let down even for an hour.
- clothes: Then Cinderella looked down at her old ragged clothes.
- margin: Paragraphs are usually rendered flush left with a ragged right margin.
Used with adjective complement
- run: Dundee looked like a draw would do, having been run ragged for most of the game.
- look: Toward the end, some of the corps of eight were looking very ragged.
- become: In the end fitness told and as the tackling became ragged Chatham House ran in a number of tries.
- get: The shadows were getting longer and the wind getting more ragged with stronger gusts.
Browse dictionary entries near ragged
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