ragged
Torn and fraying
Ragged describes something with rough, torn, or uneven edges—clothes worn to tatters, a coastline of jagged rocks, a ragged wound.
By extension, ragged means rough or imperfect in quality: a ragged performance, ragged breathing.
To run someone ragged is to exhaust them through excessive demands.
A ragged edge suggests the boundary of control: living on the ragged edge.
Worn until transparent
worn-out · dilapidated · moth-eaten · holey · scruffy · tatty · faded · battered
Worn and neglected
- destituteUtterly without means
- pennilessCompletely without money
- poorLacking sufficient resources
- beggarOne who asks for charity
vagrant · urchin · waif · ragamuffin · down-and-out · homeless · needy · squalid
Sharply uneven, notched
- serratedHaving toothlike projections
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- notchedHaving V-shaped cuts
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
frayed · torn · rough · saw-toothed · zigzag · lacerated · scalloped · frazzled
Uneven in surface
- coarseRough in texture
- shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
- scragglyIrregularly sparse and messy
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
bristly · unkempt · stubbly · disheveled · fuzzy · nubby · prickly · wiry
Depleted through overuse
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- drainedEmptied of resources
- fatiguedDrained of energy
- haggardExhausted in appearance
weary · run-down · depleted · frazzled · gaunt · hollow-eyed · drawn · bone-tired
threadbare
Worn until transparent
frayed · worn-out · dilapidated · moth-eaten · holey · scruffy · tatty · faded · battered · decrepit
shabby
Worn and neglected
beggar · vagrant · urchin · waif · ragamuffin · down-and-out · homeless · needy · squalid · street
jagged
Sharply uneven, notched
irregular · frayed · torn · rough · saw-toothed · zigzag · lacerated · scalloped · frazzled · splintered
rough
Uneven in surface
scruffy · bristly · unkempt · stubbly · disheveled · fuzzy · nubby · prickly · wiry · tangled
worn-out
Depleted through overuse
haggard · weary · run-down · depleted · frazzled · gaunt · hollow-eyed · drawn · bone-tired · bedraggled
hoarse
Rough in voice
croaky · gravelly · raw · grating · uneven · broken · halting · wheezy · breathless · gasping
irregular
Deviating from normal patterns
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- patchyIrregular in coverage
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
sporadic · disjointed · choppy · halting · staggered · fitful · spasmodic · jerky · variable · unsteady
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- fabric statesworn, clean, dirty, ripped, stretched
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
- unevenuneven, irregular, unequal, nonuniform, asymmetric
- well-wornthreadbare, frayed, tattered, shabby, scuffed
- worn-outworn, shabby, tattered, threadbare, battered
raggedneat
Orderly, or undiluted
smart · kempt · dapper · well-dressed · immaculate
- run raggedExhaust through excessive demands
- run someone raggedExhaust through excessive demands
- ragged onTeased or mocked persistently
- ragging onPersistently teasing someone
- ragged edgeUneven, torn perimeter
- ran someone raggedExhausted through excessive demands