Meaning

9 senses
  1. In tatters, having the texture broken.

    a ragged coat

    a ragged sail

    having an irregular outline

  2. Having rough edges; jagged or uneven

    ragged rocks

    зазу́бренныйzazúbrennyj, неро́вныйneróvnyj, шерохова́тыйšeroxovátyj

  3. Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise

  4. Wearing tattered clothes.

    a ragged person

    обо́рванныйobórvannyj

    being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn

  5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.

    косма́тыйkosmátyj, мохна́тыйmoxnátyj, лохма́тыйloxmátyj

  6. Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.

  7. Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.

  8. Of a data structure: having uneven levels.

    a ragged hierarchy

    a ragged array, consisting of a number of arrays of varying size

  9. Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.

    Newspaper columns should never be set ragged.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken:
harsh and disagreeable to the ear:
broken with rough edges:
rough; shaggy; rugged:

Origin

From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr (“tufted”)

From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).

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Forms

more ragged, most ragged
Comparativemore ragged Lesson
Superlativemost ragged Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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