ragged
Other forms: raggedest; raggeder
Something that's ragged is starting to fall apart. When your favorite sweater is getting ragged, it's so worn that the sleeves are fraying.
You'll often see ragged describing clothing or a person's tendency to dress in torn, ratty clothes. Your grandmother might talk about the ragged little boy in her neighborhood, who always wears a dirty t-shirt and jeans with holes in the knees. You might put on your comfortable sweatpants only to realize they've gotten a little ragged, frayed around the waistband.
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being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
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worn out from stress or strain“run ragged”synonyms:tireddepleted of strength or energy
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having an irregular outline“text set with ragged right margins”“herded the class into a ragged line”synonyms:unevennot even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
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Vocabulary lists containing ragged
Sandra Cisneros's short story "Eleven" from the collection "Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories" describes how a sweater can ruin a young girl's day. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Imperfect Me, My Superpowers, Flipped, The Jacket, Kira-Kira, Thank You, M'am, Pandora and the Whispering Box, Eleven, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, The Fun They Had
In 1776, Isabel is enslaved by British loyalists. When she begins to work as a spy for American revolutionaries, she discovers that neither side is interested in her freedom—and decides to do something about it.
When Claudia Kincaid and her brother run away from home, they find themselves caught up in a mystery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Learn these words from E. L. Konigsburg's award-winning novel.