shabby | scruffy |
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tatty | tattered |
ragged | worn |
moth-eaten | frayed |
timeworn | beat-up |
What is the meaning of Raggedy?
2 worn or torn into or as if into rags. wears raggedy old T-shirts and jeans around the house. Synonyms for raggedy. frayed, ragged, ratty, seedy, shabby, tattered,
What is another word for Raggedy hair?
In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for raggedy, like: tattered, frilly, kooky, ragged, tatterdemalion, better and redhead. To prevent a raggedy look from taking over the style, get regular trims.
How did Raggedy Andy not know he had fallen from the chair?
Raggedy Andy could patiently wait until Marcella put all the dollies to bed and left them for the night, alone in the nursery. Through all this Raggedy Andy kept right on thinking his pleasant thoughts, and really did not know he had fallen from the chair.
How do you prevent a Raggedy dress from taking over?
To prevent a raggedy look from taking over the style, get regular trims. Sally's raggedy dress is constructed of multicolored patches sewn together in a wild, mismatched pattern. Being home doesn't mean you have to toss on an old tee shirts and raggedy pants.
What is a antonym of raggedy?
Opposite of worn, torn, or ragged, as if into rags. neat. pristine. tidy. smart.
Is there such a word as raggedy?
People and things that are raggedy are dirty and messy. Raggedy clothes are old and torn. ...an old man in a raggedy topcoat.
What does raggedly mean?
1 : roughly unkempt. 2 : having an irregular edge or outline. 3a : torn or worn to tatters. b : worn-out from stress and strain ran herself ragged. 4 : wearing tattered clothes.
What's a word for worn down?
What is another word for worn-down?tired outexhaustedwastedweakweakenedweariedwearifulwearywornworn out150 more rows
Where does the term raggedy come from?
1), perhaps from or reinforced by Old Norse raggaðr "shaggy," via Old English raggig "shaggy, bristly, rough" (which, Barnhart writes, "was almost surely developed from Scandinavian"). Of persons, "wearing tattered clothes," late 14c. From late 14c. of plants or leaves, "serrated." To run (someone) ragged is from 1915.
What is a sentence for Raggedy?
(1) Like Raggedy Ann, she was a tabula rasa. (2) Their hair was in raggedy patches, for they were molting their thick winter coats. (3) The people there, quite raggedy, stare at us.
What is the meaning of ragged girl?
Definition of ragged lady 1 : scarlet gaura. 2 : love-in-a-mist sense 1.
What type of word is ragged?
ragged used as an adjective: Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
What does ragged up mean?
adj. 1 (of clothes) worn to rags; tattered. 2 (of a person) dressed in shabby tattered clothes. 3 having a neglected or unkempt appearance.
What is another word for shabby or worn-out?
Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for SHABBY; WORN-OUT [threadbare]
How do you describe worn-out clothes?
frayed,ragged,raggedy,ratty,seedy,shabby,tattered,threadbare.
What is another word for wear and tear?
In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wear-and-tear, like: depreciation, effect of use, overuse, ablation, wearing away, hard wear, wear, loss, damage, weathering and depletion.
How to use raggedy in a sentence
And, if she did, then she didn't belong to the raggedy man, for his cow had only one.
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