raggedy

The word “raggedy” has 3 syllables: rag-ge-dy

It's pronounced as /ˈræɡɪdi/


What is synonym and antonym for raggedy?

In the thesaurus, “raggedy” has 55 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for raggedy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for raggedy

  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • battered
  • bedraggled
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • decrepit
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • faded
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • full of holes
  • grungy
  • holey
  • in rags
  • in shreds
  • in tatters
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • mangy
  • moth-eaten
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • patchy
  • poorly made
  • ragged
  • ragtag
  • ratty
  • ripped
  • rugged
  • run-down
  • scraggy
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • shoddy
  • shredded
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • torn
  • torn to pieces
  • unkempt
  • worn-out

Antonyms for raggedy

  • brand-new
  • dolled up
  • dressed up
  • new
  • spic-and-span
  • spick-and-span
  • spiffy
  • unused

Meanings of raggedy

  • adjective
    1. (of clothing) Torn, ragged or tattered.
    2. (of a person) Wearing torn or tattered clothes.

Example Sentences

  • She clutched her old raggedy doll tightly, finding comfort in its familiar embrace.
  • The children giggled as they played with their raggedy toys, their imaginations running wild.
  • Despite its raggedy appearance, the blanket held sentimental value, passed down through generations.
  • The dog happily wagged its tail, its fur a bit raggedy from romping through the woods.
  • Her raggedy jeans were a testament to the adventures she had experienced and the memories made along the way.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to raggedy, such as: badly dressed, badly worn, battered, bedraggled, brand-new, broken, broken-down.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lacerate

  • amputate
  • anatomize
  • broken-down
  • bruise
  • butcher
  • carve
  • chip
  • chisel
  • chop
  • claw
  • cleave
  • crosscut
  • cut off
  • decrepit
  • dice
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dissect
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • faded
  • frayed
  • gash
  • gore
  • grungy
  • hack
  • hacksaw
  • haggle
  • harm
  • holey
  • hurt
  • incise
  • injure
  • jag
  • lance
  • maim
  • mangle
  • mangy
  • mince
  • moth-eaten
  • mutilate
  • notch
  • patchy
  • pierce
  • puncture
  • ragged
  • raggedy
  • ratty
  • rend
  • rip
  • rive
  • run-down
  • saw
  • scissor
  • score
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • section
  • seedy
  • serrate
  • sever
  • shabby
  • shear
  • shredded
  • slash
  • slice
  • slit
  • split
  • stab
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tear
  • threadbare
  • torment
  • torture
  • worn-out
  • wound

ragged

  • abused
  • admonished
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • basted
  • battered
  • bawled out
  • bedraggled
  • belittled
  • berated
  • blamed
  • blasted
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • bumpy
  • burred
  • called down
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastised
  • chewed out
  • chid
  • chided
  • coarse
  • condemned
  • contemptible
  • craggy
  • criticized
  • crucified
  • crude
  • decrepit
  • denounced
  • desultory
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • disorganized
  • disparaged
  • dissed
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dressed down
  • excoriated
  • faded
  • faulted
  • flayed
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • full of holes
  • grungy
  • hammered
  • harangued
  • harsh
  • holey
  • in holes
  • in rags
  • in tatters
  • inexact
  • irregular
  • jagged
  • jawed
  • keelhauled
  • knobbly
  • knobby
  • knocked
  • knurled
  • knurly
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • laid into
  • lambasted
  • lashed
  • lectured
  • lopsided
  • lumpy
  • mangy
  • mean
  • mocked
  • moth-eaten
  • nonuniform
  • notched
  • nubbly
  • nubby
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • panned
  • patched
  • patchy
  • pebbly
  • pitted
  • pocked
  • poor
  • poorly made
  • put down
  • raggedy
  • ragtag
  • rated
  • ratty
  • rebuked
  • rent
  • reprehended
  • reprimanded
  • reproached
  • reproved
  • reviled
  • ridiculed
  • rough
  • roughened
  • rugged
  • run-down
  • rutted
  • rutty
  • sandpapery
  • saw-toothed
  • scoffed
  • scolded
  • scored
  • scorned
  • scourged
  • scraggly
  • scraggy
  • scratchy
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • seedy
  • serrate
  • serrated
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • shoddy
  • shredded
  • slammed
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • threadbare
  • tongue-lashed
  • took to task
  • torn
  • unaligned
  • unbalanced
  • undulating
  • undulatory
  • uneven
  • unfinished
  • unkempt
  • unpressed
  • upbraided
  • vituperated
  • wavy
  • worn-out
  • worse for wear

ragtag

  • Everyman
  • amalgamated
  • assorted
  • bedraggled
  • blended
  • canaille
  • chaotic
  • cluttered
  • combined
  • commingled
  • commixed
  • common ruck
  • composite
  • confused
  • conglomerate
  • conglomerated
  • decrepit
  • dirty
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • disparate
  • divergent
  • diverse
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • eclectic
  • farraginous
  • fused
  • heterogeneous
  • hybrid
  • impoverished
  • incorporated
  • indigent
  • indiscriminate
  • intermingled
  • intermixed
  • jumbled
  • kitchen-sink
  • littered
  • lowest social class
  • magpie
  • manifold
  • mean
  • merged
  • messed
  • messy
  • mingled
  • miscellaneous
  • mixed
  • moth-eaten
  • motley
  • muddled
  • multifarious
  • multiple
  • multiplex
  • myriad
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • patchwork
  • piebald
  • poor
  • promiscuous
  • rabble
  • ragged
  • raggedy
  • raggle-taggle
  • rank and file
  • riffraff
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • shabby
  • shoddy
  • sick
  • sleazy
  • squalid
  • sundry
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • unclassified
  • unsorted
  • varied
  • various

ratty

  • abandoned
  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • argumentative
  • base
  • bearish
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • bilious
  • blamable
  • bombed-out
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • cantankerous
  • censurable
  • cheap
  • choleric
  • combative
  • condemnable
  • contemptible
  • contentious
  • cowardly
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • craven
  • cross
  • cross-grained
  • crotchety
  • cruddy
  • curmudgeonly
  • damaged
  • dastardly
  • decayed
  • decaying
  • decrepit
  • deplorable
  • desolate
  • despicable
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • deteriorating
  • detestable
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dirty
  • disagreeable
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • dishonorable
  • disputatious
  • disreputable
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dumpy
  • dyspeptic
  • execrable
  • faded
  • fiery
  • forlorn
  • fractious
  • frayed
  • fretful
  • godforsaken
  • gone to seed
  • grouchy
  • grubby
  • grumpy
  • grungy
  • harmed
  • hateful
  • holey
  • hot-blooded
  • huffy
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • ill-humored
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • impaired
  • injured
  • irascible
  • irritable
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • lame
  • loathsome
  • lousy
  • low
  • mangy
  • mean
  • miserable
  • moth-eaten
  • nasty
  • neglected
  • odious
  • off-color
  • off-colored
  • old
  • ornery
  • out of humor
  • out of sorts
  • paltry
  • passionate
  • patchy
  • peevish
  • perverse
  • pettish
  • petulant
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • pouty
  • prickly
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • rackety
  • ragged
  • raggedy
  • ramshackle
  • raspy
  • rattletrap
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • rickety
  • ruined
  • run-down
  • scabby
  • scrappy
  • scrubby
  • scruffy
  • scummy
  • scurvy
  • scuzzy
  • seedy
  • sensitive
  • shabby
  • shameful
  • short
  • short-tempered
  • shredded
  • sleazy
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snarky
  • snarly
  • sneaking
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • squalid
  • stuffy
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • surly
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • testy
  • tetchy
  • thin-skinned
  • threadbare
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • touchy
  • truculent
  • tumbledown
  • unethical
  • unkempt
  • unkept
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • vile
  • waspish
  • worn
  • worn-out
  • wrecked
  • wretched

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