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Ragged

Definitions: Ragged

Ragged

Adjective

1. Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp".

2. Worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged".

3. Having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ragged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Ragged

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Divestment

Adjective: divested; Verb: bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ragged

English words defined with "ragged": alliterationbawl out, beginning rhyme, berate, blueCastilleja miniata, Castilleja sulphurea, chew out, chew up, chide, cuckoo flowerdress downFeazingsgiant red paintbrushhave words, head rhymeinitial rhymejaggedly, jawlaceration, lambast, lambaste, lecture, Lepiota clypeolaria, Lychins floscuculi, Lychnis flos-cuculiMarsh gillyflower, Meadow pinkPremorse rootrag, Ragabrash, Ragged lady, ragged orchid, ragged orchis, Ragged robin, Ragged sailor, Ragged school, raggedly, Raggy, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproofSans-culotte, scarecrowish, scold, scruffy, seedy, Shag-rag, Squarrose, stragglingly, sulfur paintbrushtatterdemalion, tattered, trounceunevenly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ragged": Antisthenesbox labeler, BOX PRINTER, box-printing-machine operatorCALENDER-WIND-UP HELPER, Carmelite, carton-lettering-machine operator, CHAMFERING-MACHINE OPERATOR I, cutter operator, CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATORfinishing machine operator, fractusGlovesHIGH-DENSITY FINISHING OPERATORINSPECTOR, PUBLICATIONS, inter-fold roll cutterLacerationsMay Meetingsnimbostratuspannus cloud, PINKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Public-house Signsquality control inspectorRAGAMUFFIN, ragged matrix, ragged matter, ragged rolls, Reuben Dixon, ROLL-SLICING-MACHINE TENDER, Rubbershear plane, Shoes, SHROUDER, sleeve machine operator, StockingsTapestry, TATTERDEMALION, TO RAG, trimmer, machine, TRIMMING-MACHINE OPERATORweight break. (references)
Etymologies containing "ragged": Shag-rag. (references)

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Modern Usage: Ragged

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead. (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you - I mean I'm no, I can't - I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's, he's a great man. I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas (Apocalypse Now; writing credit: John Milius ; Francis Ford Coppola)

You see, George, you're sort of like a ragged straw hat with a very soft lining. (Design for Living; writing credit: Noel Coward; Ben Hecht)

Lyrics

The ragged men in ragged clothes ("Vincent"; performing artist: Don McLean)

With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants ("Mr. Bojangles"; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go, ("The Boxer"; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)

Tongue Twisters

Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. (references; author: unknown)

Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Running Ragged (1928)

Ragged Robin (1924)

The Ragged Edge (1923)

Run 'Em Ragged (1920)

The Ragged Messenger (1917)

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Commercial Usage: Ragged

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System (reference)

  • Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York With the Boot-Blacks (reference)

  • Living on the Ragged Edge (reference)

  • Ragged Bear (North-South Paperback) (reference)

  • Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Babylon 5 - Phoenix Rising / The Ragged Edge (reference)

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Photo Album: Ragged

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Rest stop while climbing to station at Ragged Point.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Ragged appearing fathogram trace caused by coral heads Record from PEIRCE launch off Eleuthera Island.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

PATHFINDER framed between columnar rocks at Ragged Point.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Saguaro standing tall in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. In the backgound are the Ragged Top Mountains, described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains.Credit: Chris Tincher.

Saguaro standing tall with the Ragged Top Mountain, described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains.Credit: Chris Tincher.

Ironwood Forest National Monument with two Saguaro Cacti standing side by side. The backgound is the Ragged Top Mountain, described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains.Credit: Chris Tincher.

A beautiful mountain view of the Ragged Top Mountain, described as the biological and geological crwon jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains in the Ironwood Forest National Monument.Credit: Chris Tincher.

Two tall Saguaro Cacti standing tall in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. The background is the Ragged Top Mountain, described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains.Credit: Chris Tincher.

The Ragged Top Mountains standing tall in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. These mountains are described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains.Credit: Chris Tincher.

  

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Familiar Quotations: Ragged

AuthorQuotation

Johann Kaspar Lavater

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

Walt Whitman

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Ragged

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

A ragged little boy overheard her remark, and came running after her.

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

The figure was completely unrecognizable as the wild-looking creature who had burst crazily into the cottage a little over an hour ago. Gone was the ragged threadbare dressing gown, smeared with the mud of a hundred worlds, stained with junk food condiment from a hundred grimy spaceports, gone was the tangled mane of hair, gone the long and knotted beard, flourishing ecosystem and all. Instead, there was Arthur Dent the smooth and casual, in corduroys and a chunky sweater.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This was not noticed by the equivocal and ragged personage who, was in front.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He had learnt what little he knew of the laws of Latin verse from a ragged book written by a Portuguese priest.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Rude ragged nurse, old sullen playfellow For tender princes, use my babies well.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Young Tom stared for a long time at the ragged willow beside the dry horse trough, at the concrete base where the pump had been.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The first man I saw was of a meager aspect, with sooty hands and face, his hair and beard long, ragged and singed in several places.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Often the poor man is not so cold and hungry as he is dirty and ragged and gross.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ragged

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel. As Death was a-rising out one day, Across Mount Camel he took his way, Where he met a mendicant monk, Some three or four quarters drunk, With a holy leer and a pious grin, Ragged and fat and as saucy as sin, Who held out his hands and cried: "Give, give in Charity's name, I pray. Give in the name of the Church. O give, Give that her holy sons may live!" And Death replied, Smiling long and wide: "I'll give, holy father, I'll give thee -- a ride." With a rattle and bang Of his bones, he sprang From his famous Pale Horse, with his spear; By the neck and the foot Seized the fellow, and put Him astride with his face to the rear. The Monarch laughed loud with a sound that fell Like clods on the coffin's sounding shell: "Ho, ho! A beggar on horseback, they say, Will ride to the devil!" -- and thump Fell the flat of his dart on the rump Of the charger, which galloped away. Faster and faster and faster it flew, Till the rocks and the flocks and the trees that grew By the road were dim and blended and blue To the wild, wild eyes Of the rider -- in size Resembling a couple of blackberry pies. Death laughed again, as a tomb might laugh At a burial service spoiled, And the mourners' intentions foiled By the body erecting Its head and objecting To further proceedings in its behalf. Many a year and many a day Have passed since these events away. The monk has long been a dusty corse, And Death has never recovered his horse. For the friar got hold of its tail, And steered it within the pale Of the monastery gray, Where the beast was stabled and fed With barley and oil and bread Till fatter it grew than the fattest friar, And so in due course was appointed Prior. G.J.

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Usage Frequency: Ragged

"Ragged" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.93% of the time. "Ragged" is used about 521 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)96.93%50511,960
Lexical Verb (past tense)1.92%10111,207
Lexical Verb (past participle)1.15%6143,867
                    Total100.00%521N/A

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Expression: Ragged

Expressions using "ragged": ragged cloud ragged fellow ragged lady ragged matter ragged orchid ragged orchis ragged right ragged robbin ragged robin ragged sailor ragged school run smb. ragged. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "ragged": ragged-arsed, ragged-edged, ragged-fringed orchid, ragged-staff.

Ending with "ragged": anything-but-ragged.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ragged

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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ragged old flag

31

inn point ragged

23

ragged point

21

ragged

18

ragged mountain

17

ragged edge

11

ragged dick

9

ragged robin

5

ragged shark tooth

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ca point ragged

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Modern Translations: Ragged

Language Translations for "ragged"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zhelan, me skërka, i shprishur, i shakmisur, i rreckosur (shabby), i leckosur (frumpish, hole-in-the-wall, shabby, tatterdemalion, tattered), e ngrënë (chamfer, fare, feed), dhëmbë-dhëmbë (jagged, lacerate, toothed), copë e çikë (tattered). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ممزق (disrupted, indented, jagged, lacerate, lacerated, rent, riven, ruptured, shredded, tattered, torn), ‏وعر (broken, bumpy, hairy, impassable, irregular, jolty, lumpy, malaise, mountainous, precipitous, rough, rugged, sharp, steep, tight), ‏غير منظم (amorphous, erratic, patchy, rough, unorganized), ‏غير مترابط (abrupt, disconnected, discontinuous, discrete, incoherent, inconsequent, rambling, scrappy), ‏أشعث (blowzy, disheveled, dishevelled, frowzy, shaggy, tousled, unkempt), ‏رث الثياب (tacky, tattered). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неравен (bumpy, hilly, iron-bound, irregular, jolty, jumpy, knobby, lumpy, patchy, rugged, unequal, uneven), дрезгав (cracked, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, raspy, raucous, rough, rusty, throaty), парцалив (in rags, in tatters, shabby, tattered), занемарен (neglected, run down, seedy, shabby, sleazy, squalid, uncultivated, unkempt, untended), назъбен (crenellated, dentate, denticulate, indented, iron-bound, jagged, lacerated, notched, rugged, saw edged, serrated, toothed), нащърбен (jagged, jaggy, notched), недоизпипан, дрипав (ratty, shabby, tattered, tatty), небрежен (careless, casual, floppy, heedless, lax, loose, neglectful, neglige, negligent, perfunctory, raunchy, regardless, remiss, skimpy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slipslop, sloppy, slovenly, thoughtless, unheeding, untidy), скъсан (rent), несинхронизиран, одрипавял (dingy, tattered), остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), грапав (coarse, inelegant, irregular, jagged, rough, rugged, uneven), рошав (brushy, rough, scraggly, scraggy, shag, shaggy, towheaded, unkempt), рунтав (bushy, fleecy, rough, scraggly, shag, shaggy, thick), синкопиран, неблагозвучен (dissonant). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

褴褛, . (various references)

   

Czech

  

roztrhaný (scattered), rozedraný (tattered), nerovný (broken, inequitable, odd, one sided, rough, rugged, unequal, uneven), nepravidelný (erratic, irregular, unequal, uneven, unsteady), drsný (abrasive, broad, coarse, crude, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy, inclement, intemperate, leathery, offhand, raucous, raw, rigorous, rough, ruddy, scabrous, severe, stark, unkind), èlenitý (articulate). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ujusteret sats (ragged matter, unjustified text). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zetsel in vrije regelval (ragged matter, unjustified text), niet-uitgevuld zetsel (ragged matter, unjustified text). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ناهموار (Bumpy, Jagged, Rough, Rude, Rugged, Scaly, Uneven, Unfair), ناصاف (Impure, Lumpy, Streaky, Uneven), کهنه (Ancient, Antique, Archaic, Bygone, Clout, Dead, Gray, Lint, Musty, Obsolescent, Obsolete, Old, Olden, Pokey, Rundown, Shabby, Tacky, Timeworn, Wad), ژنده (Shabby), زبر (Coarse, Prickly, Rough, Russet, Russeting, Scaly, Shaggy, Stark, Stubby), خشن (Blatant, Blowsy, Blowzy, Boorish, Brutish, Churlish, Coarse, Crusty, Gruff, Harsh, High, Hoarse, Impolite, Indelicate, Knockkneed, Plebeian, Random, Rough, Rowdy, Rude, Scraggy, Truculent, Ungracious, Unkempt, Unmannered, Unmennerly, Wooden). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ryysyinen (tattered), risainen (frayed, tattered, worn out), repaleinen (fractus, tattered), rääsyinen (in rags, tattered). (various references)

   

French

  

usé, irrégulier, instable, inégal, en loques, en lambeaux, en haillons, déguenillé, décousu (rambling), accidentée. (various references)

   

German

  

zottig (hairy, raggedly, shaggily, shaggy, straggling, villose, villous), zerlumpt (in rags, tattered). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουρελιασμένοσ (tattered), ακανόνιστος (desultory), τραχύσ (abrasive, abrupt, coarse, grating, gritty, gruff, harsh, inclinable, raucous, rough, rude, rugged, scabrous, scraggly, screechy, seamy, throaty, tough). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממורטט (shabby, tattered), מחוספס (coarse, gnarled, hirsute, rough, rugged, scaled off, tough, uneven), מרופט (seedy, shabby, tattered, threadbare), שחוק (crushed, derision, ground, laughter, mockery, pounded, tacky, tattered, worn), קרוע (Riven, tattered, torn), פוחח (shabby). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rongyos (frazzled, paltry, pelting, scrubby, shabby, tattered, tatty), szakadozott (broken), kopott (aged, dilapidated, dingy, rinky-dink, rubbed, rusty, scuffed, seedy, shabby, threadbare, to be out at elbows, to be out at heels, worn, worn out), egyenetlen (bitty, cragged, erratic, irregular, jagged, jerky, jolting, out of level, patchy, rough, rugged, scored, scraggly, scraggy, uneven), bozontos (bushy, hirsute, like the pard, shaggy, shock). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

compang-camping (frayed, in tatters). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cencioso. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

すれ違う (a lot, bluntly, consecutively, heartbreakingly, heavily, making rude entrance, pass with no objection, profoundly, slender, slim, throbbing pain, throughout, to disagree, to miss each other, to pass by one another, torn), み使い (angel, be impatient, bushy, conspicuously, crunch, giant flying squirrel, incomprehensible muttering, irresistibly, itch, itchy, make good use of, make the most of, morose, munch, nausea, offended, queasy, rugged, shaggy, soy sauce, stuffy, suddenly, sullen, surge of anger, talking in sleep, to be fretful, to be in a spleen, to be in a temper, to be in ill humour, to be irritated, to be vexed, to become angry or sullen, to become serious, to blow, to feel irritated, to feel offended, to feel sick, to fret, to have the appearance of ~, to jerk off, to masturbate, to show signs of ~, to take somethingseriously, woman's desire). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ずたずた (shocked speechless, torn), むしゃくしゃ (bushy, rugged, shaggy). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

거친 (Abrasive, husky, lumpy, rough). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ribbagagh, giubbylagh (disreputable, down-at-heel, tattered), giubbagh, fritlagagh (tattered). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aggedray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

irregular (atypical, bumpy, catchy, crenelated, disorderly, erratic, fitful, inequable, informal, inordinate, irregular, irregular heartbeat, jagged, jaggy, jerky, joggly, jolty, knockabout, laceration, lawless, occasionalism, rough, rugged, scratchy, snatchy, spotty, unequable, unequal, uneven, wayward), imperfeito (crude, defective, faun, imperfect, imperial, inchoate, incomprehensibility, incorrectly, lacerated, lame, seamy, unfinished), grosseiro (a.b.c., abc, awkward, bearish, blanket, boorish, bumbling, caddish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, common, crass, crude, cub, curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, earwax, gross, gruff, harsh, heavy-handed, hogmanay, home-made, ill mannered, ill-conceived, impolite, incondite, indelicate, inelaborate, joggly, lacerated, left handed, lob, loutish, low-bred, lubberly, lumpish, piggish, ribald, rough, rude, rugged, scurrilous, surly, swinish, thick, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, unkind, unladylike, unmannerly, unparliamentary, untaught, vulgar, vulgarian, wooden), esfarrapado (in tatters, lacerated, shabby, tattered), em pedaços (apart), desigual (different, discrown, disparate, hackly, incommensurate, inequable, joggly, lacerated, lopsided, one sided, patchy, rough, rugged, scratchy, shifting, snatchy, spotty, unequable, unequal, uneven), áspero (abrupt, acerb, aspero, astringent, bluff, coarse, cornered, gruff, hackly, hard, harsh, his, hoarsen, horrent, inclinable, jarring, joggly, lacerated, poignant, raucous, rigorous, rough, rude, rugged, rusty, scabrous, scraggy, scratchy, scrawny, seamy, severe, tart). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rupt (by the board, out at, ruptured, seedy, shabby, torn), zdrenţuit (frayed, torn), zdrenţãros (ragamuffin), trenţãros, neregulat (broken, disorderly, erratic, fitful, irregular, irregularly, odd, patchy, rugged, scraggy, snatchy, unequal, uneven), neglijent (careless, casual, casually, derelict, floppy, forgetful, inadvertent, loose, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack in duty, slacky, sleazy, slipshod, slothful, unheeding, unkempt, unmindful, untidy, unwary), golan (cad, good for nothing, hooligan, ragamuffin, rascal, ruffian, tramp, urchin, vagabond, wretch), cu asperitãţi (uneven), colţuros (angular, angulous, rugged), calic (beggar, cadger, cripple, glutton, greedy, pauper, ragamuffin, skinflint, tatterdemalion). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неровный (bumpy, joggly, rough, tuberous, unequal, uneven). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

loithreach. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pocepan (torn), odrpan (tacky), nedoteran, iskrzan, hrapav (coarse, cracked, harsh, husky, rasping, raucous, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy), dronjav (tacky, tattered), čupav (nappy, rough). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

harapiento. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trasig (broken, kaput, out of order, tattered, torn). (various references)

   

Thai

  

รุงรัง, ซึ่งขา"รุ่งริ่ง (tattered), ขรุขระ (bumpy, rough, rugged). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yırtık pırtık (shabby, tacky, tattered, tattered and torn, tatty), pejmürde (down at heels, down heels, down the heels, out at heels, shabby, tacky), pütürlü, olmamış (raw, unripe), lime lime (in rags, in tatters, rags and tatters), kulağı tırmalayan (grating, rude), karman çorman (all mixed up, chaotic, confused, crabbed, crabby, higgledy-piggledy, messy, mussy, pell mell, pellmell, topsyturvy), kırpık kırpık, eksik (defective, deficiency, deficient, gappy, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, lame, less, minus, missing, missing part, out, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shortfall, shy, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, wanting), dağınık (bedraggled, diffuse, disorganized, dispersed, messy, out of trim, scattered, scruffy, sick, straggling, straggly, unkempt, untidy, wild), düzensiz (chaotic, desultory, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, excursive, fitful, freehand, haywire, hugger mugger, huggermugger, indigested, inordinate, irregular, jerky, nonuniform, non-uniform, out of order, out of square, out of trim, out-of-balance, patchily, patchy, rambling, snatchy, snuffy, unequal, unkempt, unsteady, untidy), cırlak (crude, grating, piping, screeching, shrewish, shrill, squaller, strident), bakımsız (bedraggled, neglected, rank, squalid, uncared for). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

клочкуватий (wispy), обірваний (tattered, tatty), нерівний (anomalous, banky, broken, drunken, humpy, inconstant, inequable, irregular, rough, rugged, splashy, stair-step, tremulant, tremulous, unequal, uneven, unsteady), нерозчесаний, драний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

rách tả tơi, rách tã (tattery), rách rưới bù xù, không đều (aguish, inequable, snatchy), bờm xờm (rough, roughly). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llarpiog (tattered), clytiog (patched), carpiog (tattered), bratiog (tattered). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ragged

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Middle English1100-1500

raggi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Ragged

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 2, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintTou eiselqein eiV taV trwglaV thV stereaV petraV kai eiV taV scismaV twn petrwn apo proswpou tou fobou kuriou kai apo thV doxhV thV iscuoV autou otan anasth qrausai thn ghn
Latin405VulgateEt ingredietur fissuras petrarum et cavernas saxorum a facie formidinis Domini et a gloria maiestatis eius cum surrexerit percutere terram
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he shal go in to the chynes, `or creuessis, of stones, and in to the dennes of huge stones, fro the face of the drede of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste, whan he shal risen to smyte the erthe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Victorian English1833WebsterTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Basic English1964OgdenTo take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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Matched Bible Translations: Ragged

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 2, Verse 21
BulgarianЗа да влезе в канаристите подземия И в пукнатините на скалите, Поради страха от "оспода и поради славата на величието Му, Когато стане да разтърси земята.
CebuanoAron igasulod sa mga langub sa ligating, ug ngadto sa mga gansanggansangon nga mga bato, gikan sa kalisang kang Jehova, ug gikan sa himaya sa iyang pagkahalangdon, sa diha nga siya motindog aron sa pag-uyog pag-ayo sa yuta.
Chinese到 耶 ' 華 興 起 使 地 大 震 動 的 時 候 、 人 好 進 入 磐 石 洞 中 、 、 ' 巖 石 穴 裡 、 躲 避 耶 ' 華 的 驚 嚇 、 、 ' 他 威 嚴 的 榮 光 。
Croatiankad uteèe u šupljine peæina i u raspukline stijena pred užasom Jahvinim, pred sjajem velièanstva njegova, kad ustane da potrese zemlju.
Danishfor at gå ind i Klipperevner og Fjeldkløfter for HERRENs Rædsel, hans Højheds Herlighed, når han står op for at forfærde Jorden.
DutchGaande in de reten der rotsen, en in de kloven der steenrotsen, vanwege den schrik des HEEREN, en vanwege de heerlijkheid Zijner majesteit, wanneer Hij Zich opmaken zal, om de aarde geweldiglijk te verschrikken.
FinnishJa he menevät vuorenrotkoihin ja kallionkoloihin Herran kauhua ja hänen valtansa kirkkautta pakoon, kun hän nousee maata kauhistuttamaan.
FrenchEt ils entreront dans les fentes des rochers Et dans les creux des pierres, Pour éviter la terreur de l`Éternel et l`éclat de sa majesté, Quand il se lèvera pour effrayer la terre.
Germanauf daß er möge in die Steinritzen und Felsklüfte kriechen vor der Furcht des HERRN und vor seiner herrlichen Majestät, wenn er sich aufmachen wird, zu schrecken die Erde.
Haitian CreoleLè Seyè a va vini pou l' fè tè a tranble, yo pral kache kò yo nan twou wòch, yo pral fouye twou anba tè. Sezisman va pran yo lè y'a wè Seyè a. Y'a kouri al kache lè pouvwa li ap parèt aklè.
HungarianHogy elmenjen a sziklák lyukaiba és a hegyek hasadékiba, az Úr félelme elõl és az Õ nagyságának dicsõsége elõtt, mikor felkél, hogy megrettentse a földet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari(2:19)
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamasambil lari masuk ke dalam celah, celah bukit batu dan ke dalam gua-gua di gunung, dari karena hebat Tuhan dan dari karena kemuliaan kebesaran-Nya, apabila Ia bangkit berdiri akan mengejutkan segala isi bumi.
Italianper entrare nei crepacci delle rocce e nelle spaccature delle rupi, di fronte al terrore che desta il Signore e allo splendore della sua maest , quando si alzer a scuotere la terra.
Korean" 혈 과 험 악 한 " 위 틈 에 " 어 가 서 여 호 와 께 서 일 어 나 사 땅 을 진 동 시 키 시 " 그 의 위 엄 과 그 광 대 하 심 의 영 광 을 " 하 리 라
MaoriHaere ai ki nga ana o nga kohatu, ki nga kapiti o nga kamaka, i te wehi ki a Ihowa, i te kororia o tona nui, ina whakatika ia ki te rurerure i te whenua.
Modern Greekδια να εισελθωσιν εις τας σχισμας των βραχων και εις τα σπηλαια των πετρων, δια τον φοβον του Κυριου και δια την δοξαν της μεγαλειοτητος αυτου, οταν εγερθη δια να κλονιση την γην.
Norwegianog gå inn i fjellkløftene og i berghulene for Herrens gru og for hans høihets herlighet, når han reiser sig for å forferde jorden.
Portuguesepara se meter nas fendas das rochas, e nas cavernas das penhas, por causa da presença espantosa do Senhor e da glória da sua majestade, quando ele se levantar para assombrar a terra.   
Rumanianwi vor intra kn gqurile stkncilor, wi kn crqpqturile pietrelor, de frica Domnului wi de strqlucirea mqreyiei Lui, cknd Se va scula sq kngrozeascq pqmkntul.
RussianЮФП'Щ ЧПКФЙ Ч ХЭЕМШС УЛБМ Й Ч ТБУУЕМЙОЩ ЗПТ ПФ УФТБИБ зПУ П"Б Й ПФ УМБЧЩ ЧЕМЙЮЙС еЗП, ЛПЗ"Б пО ЧПУУФБОЕФ УПЛТХЫЙФШ ЪЕНМА.
Spanisha fin de meterse en las grietas de las rocas y en las hendiduras de las peñas, a causa de la temible presencia de Jehovah y del esplendor de su majestad, cuando Jehovah se levante para hacer temblar la tierra.
SwedishJa, de skola fly in i klipprämnor och in i bergsklyftor, för HERRENS fruktansvärda makt och för hans höga majestät, när han står upp för att förskräcka jorden.
Thaiเพื่อเขาจะเข้าถ้ำหินและเข้าซอกผา ให้พ้นจากความน่าเกรงขามของพระเยโฮวาห์ และจากสง่าราศีแห่งความโอ่อ่าตระการของพระองค์ เมื่อพระองค์ทรงลุกขึ้นกระทำให้โลกสั่นสะท้าน
Ukrainianщоб піти у печери й розщілини скельні від страху "осподнього і від слави величчя Його, коли прийде 'ін острах збудити на землі!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ragged

Derivations

Words beginning with "ragged": raggeder, raggedest, raggedly, raggedness, raggednesses, raggedy. (additional references)

Words ending with "ragged": ballyragged, bragged, bullyragged, cragged, dragged, fragged, outbragged, outdragged, scragged. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Ragged" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dagged, fragged, ragea, raget, ragey, Ragge, raggets, raggid, raggies, raggio, raggle, ragid, ralgex, rasgdp, Raygada, Regge, riged, rigge, riggen, rigget, zagged. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ragged"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ragged" (pronounced ra"gud)
3-g u dlegged, rugged.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Ragged

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dagger.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r"

-1 letter: agger, eggar, gaged, gager, grade, raged.

-2 letters: aged, ager, dare, dear, drag, dreg, egad, gaed, gage, gear, grad, rage, read.

-3 letters: age, are, dag, ear, egg, era, erg, gad, gae, gag, gar, ged, rad, rag, red, reg.

-4 letters: ad, ae, ag, ar, de, ed, er, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r"
 

+1 letter: aggrade, bragged, cragged, daggers, dragged, dragger, draggle, fragged, garaged, gargled, raggedy.

 

+2 letters: aggraded, aggrades, beggared, daggered, draggers, draggier, draggled, draggles, gadgetry, jaggeder, raggeder, raggedly, regauged, retagged, saggared, saggered, scragged.

 

+3 letters: aggressed, aggrieved, badgering, bedraggle, daggering, dangering, degrading, deranging, dogearing, draggiest, earwigged, gadgeteer, gandering, gangrened, gardening, gargoyled, mortgaged, niggarded, raggedest, reengaged, regarding, regrading, staggered, straggled, swaggered.

 

+4 letters: aggrandise, aggrandize, aggravated, aggregated, bedraggled, bedraggles, beggarweed, brigandage, budgerigar, daggerlike, degreasing, deraigning, derogating, desugaring, gadgeteers, gadgetries, loggerhead, outbragged, outdragged, raggedness, redamaging, redarguing, renegading, sandbagger, segregated.

 

+5 letters: aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandized, aggrandizer, aggrandizes, aggrievedly, arpeggiated, ballyragged, bedraggling, beggarweeds, brigandages, budgerigars, bullyragged, congregated, degradingly, demagoguery, denigrating, desegregate, digitigrade, disagreeing, endangering, exaggerated, footdragger, gangsterdom, gingerbread, goddaughter, haggardness, laggardness, leapfrogged, loggerheads, overgoading, pilgrimaged, remortgaged, sandbaggers, waterlogged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ragged


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 67 67 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .-    --.    --.    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01100111 01100111 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#103 &#103 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 0067 0067 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

526773737170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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