Thesaurus / ragged
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synonyms for ragged
- battered
- broken
- dilapidated
- disorganized
- fragmented
- frayed
- frazzled
- jagged
- mean
- notched
- patched
- rent
- rough
- serrated
- shredded
- torn
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- contemptible
- crude
- desultory
- dingy
- down-at-the-heel
- full of holes
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- irregular
- moth-eaten
- poor
- poorly made
- rugged
- scraggy
- seedy
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- worse for wear
See also synonyms for: raggedness
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Rather than centering in on one main attraction or ecosystem, the park straddles a few radically different zones—temperate rainforest, glacier-capped peaks, and ragged Pacific coastline.
WHY OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK FEELS LIKE HEAVENMTURNERAUGUST 13, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAs if teachers, books, museums, historical sites, documents and documentaries didn’t exist, and a poop-covered statue surrounded by ragged bushes and paper-bag bench warmers was the sole repository of all Civil War information.
FENCES AREN’T FREEDOM AND STATUES AREN’T HISTORYPETULA DVORAKJULY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHowever, if its low-level circulation becomes shredded and ragged following its encounter with Cuba, it will be more difficult for Elsa to reorganize.
ELSA RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS INTO HURRICANE, COULD AFFECT FLORIDA NEXT WEEKMATTHEW CAPPUCCIJULY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTo make it through a ragged season, the NBA relied on a point guard revival.
STEPH CURRY, CHRIS PAUL AND RUSSELL WESTBROOK REDEEMED THIS NBA SEASON. NOW COMES POSTSEASON HELL.JERRY BREWERMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTucked underneath the moss-lined trunks of enormous spruce trees are two secluded campsites overlooking the ragged Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula.
THE BEST HIPCAMP FOR EVERY NATIONAL PARKEMILY PENNINGTONMAY 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIn Micheline Klagsbrun’s found-object assemblages, a slab of ragged lumber can represent a ship, or a wave that lifts such a craft above the ocean surface.
IN THE GALLERIES: A HEIGHTENED HOMAGE TO TREES AND WHAT THEY CAN TEACH USMARK JENKINSMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn one experiment, a xenobot was cut almost in two, its ragged halves opened up like a hinge.
CELLS FORM INTO ‘XENOBOTS’ ON THEIR OWNPHILIP BALLMARCH 31, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEThese plants were also the ones that looked the most ragged before the samples were taken.
MODIFIED GENES CAN DISTORT WILD COTTON’S INTERACTIONS WITH INSECTSEMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGAFEBRUARY 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWSHe could hear their dry, ragged breath, the beeping of machines, the intercession of nurses, the fear.
THE LAST DAY OF DONALDDAN ZAKJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSplurging on expensive skate boots isn’t the only way to get better, but if the pair you started learning with is looking ragged or doesn’t feel quite right, consider a higher-quality replacement.
GLIDE INTO A NEW ROLLER SKATER’S HEART WITH THESE COOL GIFTSRACHEL FELTMANDECEMBER 2, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWORDS RELATED TO RAGGED
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- drawn
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- gone
- hackneyed
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- haggard
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- old
- out of gas
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- overworked
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- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired out
- totaled
- used up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn down
- wrung out
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