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Synonyms & Antonyms for ragged
Synonyms
broken, craggy, jagged, scraggly, scraggy
Antonyms
clean, even, smooth, soft, unbroken
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In precious passages of mild drama, Malone pushes his voice to a ragged, melodic moan of the sort that was common from ’90s bands impersonating Nirvana. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Post Malone Is the Voice of Modern Brain Fog," 9 Sep. 2019 An assassin’s actions can never be thoroughly explained, but this ragged, powerful film cogently indicts the dark, repressive voices in any society who can set the stage for violence. — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Incitement': Film Review | TIFF 2019," 8 Sep. 2019 But my new flames had the wind at their back and quickly jumped across the gap separating them from the original front, transforming the line’s ragged edge into a wall of flame. — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, "A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires," 19 Aug. 2019 Felix's flair In Spain, Felix showed no signs of being weighed down by his hefty $142 million price tag as his dancing feet ran Getafe's defense ragged. — Matias Grez, CNN, "Europe's next generation of football stars shine across the continent," 19 Aug. 2019 Use your fingers to quickly press the butter and fat into the flour until flattened and the mixture resembles coarse meal with ragged clumps. — Los Angeles Times, "Duck fat: the magic ingredient you didn’t know your peach pie needed," 27 July 2019 The community around Fourth and Howard was a functioning if ragged one. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "Don’t call them bums: Hobos once filled the South of Market," 26 July 2019 Its ragged edges, wrinkled metallic foil, and spider-like legs looked nothing like the streamlined spacecraft depicted in movies—and that was by design. — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, "The Art of the Return Trip: How NASA Got Apollo 11 Home," 24 July 2019 Thanks largely to their efforts, ISIS in Syria has gone from a fearsome juggernaut to a ragged band of die-hards trapped in a shrinking patch of wasteland. — Tommy Meyerson, WSJ, "The Cost of Betraying Syria’s Kurds," 20 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ragged.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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